Mating combo begins: 25...Rd1+! (more interesting if 27. Kg3)
S Ahmed vs Z Rahman, 2006  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 0-1
24. Bxb6! leads to ending where black is curiously helpless
J Emms vs Tukmakov, 1996  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
Nakamura's 21...Qxf2!! earns stunning win
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Great mating sequence at end (duh) of this game...
J E Slade vs NN, 1960  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Amazing win by black, esp w/ 35...Rxf3!!
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
The q-sac mating combo starting move 32 is glorious
C Lutz vs Ftacnik, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0
Portisch drops the curtain with the stunning move, 20...Rd1+
Suba vs Portisch, 1984  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 0-1
25.Rd6!! rook sac decoy to pin the defending knight
A Bykhovsky vs D Oltean, 1990  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1-0
23.Nh6+!, later threatening Rg6+! or Rf8++! is brilliant
Stein vs V Lepeshkin, 1965  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0
Being able to find 20...Qg3 is a fantasy of mine
C Schultz vs C Carls, 1900  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1
37.Qc7+! forces king into rook fork a ways downstream
I Nataf vs Y Wang, 2004  (B33) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0
Gotta love 43.Rd5! double deflection/interference move
Eliskases vs Hoelzl, 1929  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1-0
39...f2
Ljubojevic vs M Gurevich, 1988  (A17) English, 39 moves, 0-1
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