Speculative sacs lead to a superior endgame
Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
Aronian counters all Ponomariov's tenacious drawing resources
Aronian vs Ponomariov, 2005  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 73 moves, 1-0
Solid defense and a nice counter attack
Adams vs Kasparov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1
Futuristic countersac; extremely unbalanced game
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ponomariov cripples Topalov and ends with a nice combination
Ponomariov vs Topalov, 2005  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Kramnik in control all the way to the epic king march
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Magnificent sac to pin the rook and secure the draw
Topalov vs Mamedyarov, 2006  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Computer-like(!) precision and piece coordination
D P Singh vs J Sriram, 2006  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 51 moves, 1-0
Bxf7+!
C Zhu vs A Stefanova, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
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