epic
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
the definition of chaos
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Positional Excellence; Black's defense slowly drives white back
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1
Simple yet deadly. A tale of master tactics.
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Passed Pawn Pwnage
Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
Ultimate show-off finish!
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
connecting pawns in black's half > minor pieces
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
game over, user wins (featuring, The Wall)
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Wild Finish
Schlechter vs S Herzfeld, 1893  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
nice tactical game
I Cheparinov vs Navara, 2007  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1
White escapes, and finishes with a pawn rush.
B Larsen vs E Torre, 1973  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 41 moves, 1-0
development > material
Keres vs W Winter, 1935  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
fight right to the end
J Polgar vs A Antunes, 1996  (B32) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1
Black checkmated on white's first row by move 20.
Ed. Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
great endgame
Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 81 moves, 1-0
Culling of all unwanted pieces so the useful pieces can mate.
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
early queen sac
Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 49 moves, 1-0
Nice positional play by black.
P Savva vs Granda Zuniga, 1986  (A16) English, 22 moves, 0-1
Some nice finishing tactics.
Leko vs H Stevic, 1991  (B01) Scandinavian, 35 moves, 1-0
How to deal with copy cats 101.
Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
clever game for white
Steinitz vs P Duffy, 1865  (C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
i duno why i like this 1...
M Bain vs N Elder, 1963  (A14) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Craaaazy attack (puzzle start at 20.)
Karpov vs Quinteros, 1973  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0
Inventive Game (1e4 2f4)
Shulman vs R Hess, 2008  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0
Wacky ending (p=N)
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0
tic tac tician
K Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
pawn advances
J Sarfati vs R Stevens, 2008  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Skill or Luck? who cares
A Nickel vs J van Oosterom, 2005  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 45 moves, 1-0
nice tactics by both
M Stoinev vs A Kovalev, 1992  (B32) Sicilian, 44 moves, 0-1
epic finish
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
deep game
J van Oosterom vs G Timmerman, 1996  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 64 moves, 0-1
name pending
Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
control space
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
minor pieces vs queen
F Delay vs O Renet, 1988  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 0-1
epic finishing attack
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
bukmark
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0
Completely ripped apart.
S Sunyasakta vs S Gour, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 36 moves, 1-0
white plays strong game
E Najer vs Mamedyarov, 2005  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 39 moves, 1-0
another position/piece quality vs material
R Byrne vs Evans, 1965  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
audacity
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
just a nicely played game from start to finish
Shabalov vs V Akobian, 2003  (C02) French, Advance, 61 moves, 1-0
Entertaining game... fearless white attack
Fomenko vs L Radchenko, 1967  (C59) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1
see all the lines of the board, use only what you need
Reshevsky vs E Schiller, 1972  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
too tired to come up with name
A Shashin vs Korchnoi, 1973  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 35 moves, 1-0
chek it out later
V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
great complication. black is helpless
Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
game of the century? maybe not, but still good.
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
just keeps giving away pieces only to finish with queen
Tal vs Panno, 1958  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0
view later
Svidler vs F Vallejo Pons, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 0-1
asymmetrical trading with great finish
E Berg vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0
risky fun: leaving the king open to attack
P Ravn vs Portisch, 1957  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
black completely dominated by good attack
Tal vs Miles, 1981  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
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