Brilliant Muzio Gambit
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Favourite :)
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Double Muzio (Karl Marx)
M Marks vs H Meyer, 1867  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
1. f3 ... 2. Kf2 - White wins!
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
King Walk
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black on move 18 - odd pawn wall
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1
Seventeen move sac combo
Petrosian vs C Guimard, 1955  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0
Gata - spectacular - excellent notation
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
King Hunt!! (Queen Sac)
Schiffers vs Nolde, 1872  (C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Rook(s) endgame - very long indeed
T Wedberg vs Kupreichik, 1987  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 92 moves, 1-0
What happened here?
Burgess vs Randy Miller, 1974  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 14 moves, 1-0
A very nice Bird - Larsen downs Spassky
Larsen vs Spassky, 1964  (A03) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0
Five queens - fabricated but very entertaining
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
XD
Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Queen imprisoned :)
Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
Finally! A computer's shown its place :)
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
Computer loses to six knights :)
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
The Pipe Game
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
38. Qxh7!!
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0
18. Nc6!!
Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0
26. Bh6!! Rxh6?? 27. Rg8+ Nxg8 28. fxg8Q#
Vladimirov vs Epishin, 1987  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
When in doubt, play strangely...
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Desperados!
Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
The Alterman Wall
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Amazing Miniature
S Trofimov vs D Metlyakhin, 1994  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0
Just A Great Game :)
Gligoric vs Stein, 1962  (E70) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1
MacDonell Gambit
Dubois vs L S Lecrivain, 1855  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
MacDonell Again - Odd Moves Here--
Steinitz vs Reyne, 1896  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Anti-computer chess
Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Spot the Blunder :)
G Negyesy vs K Honfi, 1955  (D84) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
No Captures
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Amusing endgame - Black holds three pawns down
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Peasant's Revolt
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Lovely Bird
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Nice Blockading Game
H Hage vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (A80) Dutch, 42 moves, 0-1
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