Aronian sacs bishop pair for rook and two monster passed pawns Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 42 Qh8xh4!! sacs a whole piece(!) to create powerful passers Aronian vs Svidler, 2011  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 54 moves, 1-0 20 a4xb5! sacs a piece for powerful q-side connected passers Nyback vs Carlsen, 2008  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0 43 Rc7xNe7! clears the way for White 6th rank connected passers Caruana vs A Smirnov, 2009  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 1-0 White uses -all- his pieces to support promoting passed c-pawn I Popov vs A Grigoryan, 2007  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0 White d7-pawn supported by White d3-queen, b5-bishop, e8-rook Ponomariov vs Z Andriasian, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 White threatens 35 Bf5-c8+!, 36 Rf7xRf4, 37 g6-g7, 38 g7-g8=Q Mamedyarov vs Z Andriasian, 2007  (A16) English, 34 moves, 1-0 Kramnik combines threats to Black king, passed a-pawn to win Kramnik vs Mamedyarov, 2007  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 42 moves, 1-0 36 Qc5-d6! Qd7xQd6 37 e5xd6 creates passer which wins a piece Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 2007  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0 38 c5xb6 creates passer that Black king, queen can not stop Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2007  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 50 .. g3-g2: White stops a2-passer but then beaten by g2-passer Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006  (C57) Two Knights, 54 moves, 0-1 20 Bd6xRf8! loses Q, leaves 2 rooks, 2 bishops, strong d-passer Kramnik vs Anand, 1996  (A14) English, 41 moves, 1-0 41 ... Re7xe5! sacrifice makes two monstrous connected passers Topalov vs Kramnik, 1998  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 0-1 Kramnik sacs exchange to create three connected passed pawns Kramnik vs Nunn, 1992  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0 38 Be7-f6+! discovery clears path for the d6-passer to promote Kasparov vs G Gonda, 1988  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0 Powerful White c6-passer seemingly wins game all by itself Nepomniachtchi vs Z Andriasian, 2008  (B33) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 Powerful White c6-,h6-passers overwhelm Black's strong bishop Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0 Advanced, supported White c7-passer is giant pain for Black S Volkov vs Y Hou, 2008  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 61 moves, 1-0 26 f6xg7 Rh8-g8 27 f5-f6 creates two powerful connected passers Anand vs M Gurevich, 1990  (C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 1-0 51 ... Bf3-d1! sacs bishop to create unstoppable a-file passer Gelfand vs Y Wang, 2008  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 0-1 22 Qd2-d4! brilliant move based on strength of White e6-passer Kramnik vs Shirov, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0 45 ... c4-c3 Carlsen resigns as he cannot stop c4-,d5-passers Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009  (E92) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1 36 Qd2xd3 c4xd3 passed Black d3-pawn is a second weakness E Jimenez Zerquera vs Botvinnik, 1967  (B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 0-1 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 White's passed pawns compensate for being down Q for N(!) Aronian vs Kramnik, 2007  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 33 Bb5-c6! White b6-queen,bishop work to promote a6-,a5-passers Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0 36 Rc5-c2!! q-side passers so strong that whole rook is sac'd! Karjakin vs Navara, 2009  (C10) French, 40 moves, 1-0 49 b3-b4!! leads to tidal wave of White passed queenside pawns A Timofeev vs Khismatullin, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 62 moves, 1-0 36 ... Rd8xBd2 37 e6xf7 connected passers compensate rook defic V Gashimov vs M Roiz, 2009  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0 I Sokolov vs Lenderman, 2010  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 I Sokolov vs Caruana, 2010  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1-0 69 Rf8xf7+! turns advanced e5-,f6-pawns into connected passers Carlsen vs Aronian, 2010  (C48) Four Knights, 68 moves, 1-0 Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 28 ... Rh5xh3! Black sacs material to create connected passers Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1 43 Rxc7!! sacs rook for connected passed 6th rank b,c-pawns K Plater vs Sliwa, 1947  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0 Kramnik vs Fressinet, 2013  (A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1 37 games