28 - Bg7-d4+! Magnus uses a knight fork to support interference Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2007  (A57) Benko Gambit, 58 moves, 0-1 13 Be2xa6!! b7xa6 Black c6-knight perishes sans b7-pawn support Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0 22 f4! Qxf4 23 Re4 gains time on Black f4-queen for doubling Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2007  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 36 Re1-e8+! begins stupendous petite combinaison by Ivanchuk Ivanchuk vs Van Wely, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0 36 Rc1-c6!! Navara's incredible Novotny + overworked blockader Navara vs A Dergatschova, 2007  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 Shirov's 42 ... Qf2-f4+!!? was good, but 42 .. a2-a1=Q!! better Gelfand vs Shirov, 2007  (D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 0-1 25 - Qb3xRd1!! best combination ever using supported rook trick Ponomariov vs H Wang, 2007  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 0-1 78 ... Be7xc5+!! forces a draw, winning mini-match for Carlsen Adams vs Carlsen, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 83 moves, 1/2-1/2 25 Nc3-d5!! blocks c5-e5, blocks c4-e6, and keeps e7-e5 blocked Karjakin vs E Alekseev, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 1-0 Nakamura wins a piece with fiendish tactic in a rapid game Kasimdzhanov vs Nakamura, 2007  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1 Mamedyarov's tactical skillz: 27 ... Nf6-g4!!, 29 ... Rh8-h1+!! A Korotylev vs Mamedyarov, 2007  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 0-1 38 ... c4-c3+! not one of White b2-K,d2-Q,e2-N defends c3-sq! Vaganian vs Short, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1 Inarkiev's tactical tour de force: 41 Qb4xNe7+!!, 43 Rf1-h1!! E Inarkiev vs Kazhgaleyev, 2008  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 50 moves, 1-0 Morphy's 16 ... Nb4-d3+!! is an incredible tactical thunderbolt T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Topalov snatches a pawn in broad daylight with 18 ... Ng6xe5! Radjabov vs Topalov, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 33 Na4xb6!! begins incredible combination by Anand against hhog Anand vs M Illescas, 1992  (B44) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0 Radjabov's superb pinning masterpiece: 24 Rf1-f7!, 25 Bg5-f6!! Radjabov vs X Bu, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 21 - Nd5-e3! reload on e3, 22 Qg4xBg5+!! exchange on pin square Shirov vs Karjakin, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2 An incredible tactical tour de force by Mamedyarov, 22-move win Mamedyarov vs B Galstian, 2002  (A57) Benko Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0 Short's stupendous discovered pin 38 Rf6xg6+!! Short vs H Stefansson, 2002  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0 Braun's 30 Be3xh6!, 32 Bh6xg7! demolishes Hou Yifan tactically A Braun vs Y Hou, 2008  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 53 moves, 1-0 Carauana's 20 Ne5xf7!!, 21 Re1xe6! destroy Black king position Caruana vs E Berg, 2008  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0 25 Qe4-g4!. 29 Qg4-g6+!! punctuate an *incredible* mating combo L Milman vs J Fang, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0 Judit's 29 ... Rb2-d2!! is an extraordinary way to create a pin A Greenfeld vs J Polgar, 1989  (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1 14 Bc1-h6! "The move of the year so far." GM Susan Polgar Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009  (B40) Sicilian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0 Movsesian's 36 ? was the Saturday puzzle for 1/24/09 Movsesian vs Adams, 2009  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 14 Be3-c5! Karjakin makes a bigger threat than knight just lost Karjakin vs Stellwagen, 2009  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 52 moves, 1-0 Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 19 Ne4-d6!! would have been the tactical blow of the year Short vs Timman, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1 Karjakin's 30 Re1-e3!! induces 30 ... f5-f4 for 31 Re3xe5! Karjakin vs Van Wely, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0 Safarli's 23 ... Qb6-f6! is a fork of the 2 empty squares g4,e1 So vs E Safarli, 2009  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 26 moves, 0-1 The kid Nyzhnyk out-tactics a 2621 GM with 20 ... Rd8xNd4! A Pashikian vs I Nyzhnyk, 2009  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 31 moves, 0-1 25 ... Be7xg5! White f4-pawn pinned to h2-square near g1-king Anand vs Carlsen, 2009  (B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1 Srinivas vs V Ravikumar, 1984  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1 21 Qd3-a3+!, 22 Re1-e5! traps the Black d5-queen in mid-board! Sutovsky vs E Inarkiev, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 Y Hou vs Ding Liren, 2009  (C11) French, 66 moves, 0-1 20 Ng5xf7!! +- cooly ignores the threat of ... Bd3xQc2 Mamedyarov vs E Najer, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0 39 Re3-e1? Rd3xh3+!! Rublevsky shows great tactical alertness I Morovic Fernandez vs Rublevsky, 2009  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1 F Amonatov vs A Gabrielian, 2010  (C18) French, Winawer, 67 moves, 1-0 Bacrot vs Bareev, 2010  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 V Iordachescu vs R Schmidt, 2010  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 J Polgar vs M Sharif, 1989  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1 28 Qa4-a1!+- leads to an easily winning queen and pawn ending D E Cori Tello vs A Muzychuk, 2010  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0 31 ... Nf4xd3! Qe4xQf5 Nd3xNe1!! Barcza vs Bronstein, 1949  (A20) English, 36 moves, 0-1 A Nimzowitsch vs E V Nielsen, 1930  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 23 moves, 1-0 20 Ng5-e6!! B Adhiban vs A Rombaldoni, 2011  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0 E Sos Andreu vs Kamsky, 2014  (E91) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1 49 games