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diabloprancer's favorite games
Compiled by diabloprancer
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Games I find interesting...

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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