Kasparov vs Ehlvest, 1978  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 1-0 Karpov's Masterpiece in the Best Tournament Performance Ever Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 66 moves, 1-0 S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 R Ziatdinov vs Mikhalevski, 2005  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 91 moves, 1/2-1/2 The most amazing under-promotion of all time D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993  (B83) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0 One of many Bronstein's brillancies N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 When a Huge Material Advantage is Useless Karjakin vs Anand, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1 Just when you thought the blows were over C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 29. Bg2 and a nasty surprise awaits Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 I don't like my rooks... let's get rid of them.... Bronstein vs Kotov, 1949  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0 How many queens would have Karpov needed to win? Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994  (E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1 Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 The most amazing move in the history of chess S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Never Resign Until you get Checkmated G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0 World's Most Annoying Passed Pawn Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 1987 and Tal was Still Producing these Gems Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 It's not the relative value of pieces.. It's their ACTIVITY! Anand vs Radjabov, 2003  (B32) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1 Probably the best sacrifice combination ever ! Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Friday, March 16, 2007 Daily Puzzle J Echavarria vs J Szmetan, 1999  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 53 moves, 0-1 Move 32, Black Resigns. So what? White still has all the pawns! M Dougherty vs L Day, 1997  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0 H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0 Is this Kamsky's Masterpiece? Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1 Weird Opening, Amazing Combination Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0 Arguably the Most Powerful Rook-Bishop Battery of all Time Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0 A Dominant Queen N Michaelsen vs Bacrot, 2000  (D85) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 0-1 A New Genius in the Making: 17 y/o Bronstein Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0 Nelson Castaneda who? N Castaneda vs Y Dembo, 2001  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 60 moves, 0-1 42. .. Qf3!!. Anand drops a bomb. Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 Two Underpromotions in the same game V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 A truly Carlsen masterpiece Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0 Another Carlen masterpiece Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0 How annoying a knight can be Speelman vs T K Hemingway, 1972  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 Staving off mate with an amazing combination E Inarkiev vs Kazhgaleyev, 2008  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 50 moves, 1-0 One of the A. Miles' beauties. A knight en-prise for 27 moves Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1986  (A04) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 38... Rg2!! and another bomb drops J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1 A bishop sacrifice for an extra tempo Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1 How many sacs in one game? Reshevsky vs A Vasconcellos, 1944  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 1-0 An unpredictable battle decided in just one tempo Kashdan vs Flohr, 1930  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 75 moves, 1-0 A beautiful double sacrifice Y Troinov vs L Popov, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0 One from the Brazilian Genius (besides Mequinho) G Vescovi vs R Szuhanek, 1994  (B53) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0 Another Karpov's Masterpiece Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 The zugzwanger gets zugzwanged! (by adiction to chess) Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0 A Candidate for Anand's Masterpiece Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 Black Attack leads to Amazing Miniature Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1 The same knight moves 5 consecutive times to end with a beautif Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1987  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1-0 A rook and knight hanging forever Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 Bf5 !! Carlsen on fire at Blitz Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2009  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1 The Weirdest Game Ever Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1 Amazing resource by black J Berkvens vs Mikhalevski, 2000  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 0-1 One blow after another A Riazantsev vs H Ni, 2010  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 Chess' most famous staircase M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1 What an under-promotion R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1 Top 10 GM falling in ridiculous opening trap D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0 An avalanche of sacrifices. Amazing. Caruana vs E Berg, 2008  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0 Zapata - Game of the Day, Sept. 2-2011 A Zapata vs D Lima, 2001  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 34 moves, 1-0 26. ...,Re2!!. A shot that would have made Marshall jealous. Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik's gem Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0 Amazing paralyzing power of a knight J Bellon Lopez vs M Grabarczyk, 2001  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 0-1 what a game Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1 60 games