Two great swashbucklers of the chess board - young & old
Alekhine vs Blackburne, 1914  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Both nervous, meeting after nine years, first place at stake.
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936  (A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0
A little boy crushes the arrogant coffee-house player.
C Jaffe vs Reshevsky, 1920  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 0-1
D Edelman vs J Curdo, 1983  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 0-1
P Kiriakov vs A Greenfeld, 2017  (A10) English, 25 moves, 0-1
N Mitkov vs B Kurajica, 2002  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
H Barber vs M Hebden, 2000  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 10 moves, 0-1
T Oyunbaatar vs I Chahrani, 2008  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
D J Ledger vs P K Wells, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
Knaak vs Adorjan, 1985  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
M Yilmaz vs B Erbis, 2011  (B07) Pirc, 31 moves, 1-0
power of queen + knight
Le Quang Liem vs E Hansen, 2018  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1
Endgame - pawn promotion
A Yusupov vs Gavrikov, 1982  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 42 moves, 1-0
Connected Pawn Storm to checkmate
W Heinig vs Knaak, 1974  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 56 moves, 0-1
Bishop sacrifices & dominant queen
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Queen Sac - to mate
Khalifman vs V Popov, 1997  (B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 1-0
for Victoria - reducing to pawn promotion
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 0-1
Very Active King
Browne vs Smyslov, 1982  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
Queen sac - pieces working together
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Power of Rook in Endgame
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Nunn vs N Murshed, 1985  (B89) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0
Young Child with Odds - no blunders
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1
52. White to Move - Skewer
Kosteniuk vs C Foisor, 2012  (E91) King's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
Black did not castle
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0
Black to move 27 - queen sac, power of rooks
D Howell vs J Turner, 2001  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Move 41, White to Win with Queening Pawn
Lagno vs D Howell, 2002  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
White to Move 18 Coordination & Control -Clear W
Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Positional - Pins - Maneuvering
Capablanca vs R Blanco Estera, 1913  (C10) French, 33 moves, 1-0
White to Move 26 - Winning combination
Capablanca vs W G Morris, 1911  (B40) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
Black 38 - mating with bishop and knight
Robatsch vs A Bisguier, 1961  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1
Black move 25 - Queen sac + knight power
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Black 36 - Knight + Rook sac - Queen + Knight mate
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
White 38 missed mate
T Bree vs V Krutti, 1999  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen sac for won ending - coordination
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
White move 32 Queen range
Panno vs Spassky, 1955  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Pawn Gives Checkmate
J Frenklakh vs E Schiller, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Black ending - move 32, 33
Schlechter vs Burn, 1897  (C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
Sacraficial Attack Q+B+P mate
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
Underpromotion with mate #21, 22
A Robbins vs Showalter, 1890  (C59) Two Knights, 22 moves, 0-1
Very Long Attack - Ending with Many Pawns
Aronian vs F Vallejo Pons, 2011  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0
Move 8+ checkmate with knight alone
NN vs E Canal, 1935  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
White to move #25
J O'Hanlon vs B Goulding Brown, 1914  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
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