Blacks last 8 moves are ingenious.
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Just when you thought the pawn would queen.
Lasker vs R Loman, 1903  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Forced combo that leads to a one pawn advantage win.
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929  (C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0
Knight and Rook can't stop the pawn from queening.
M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz Aguado, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Enevoldsen sure knows his knight moves.
J Enevoldsen vs E Andersen, 1937  (E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0
The sacrifices and positional play is truly amazing.
O Bernstein vs Najdorf, 1954  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 37 moves, 1-0
Just when you thought black was winning.
Forintos vs V Tomovic, 1957  (A06) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Nh4+ looks harmless enough, but its a forced mate!
Ivkov vs R Garcia, 1964  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 43 moves, 0-1
White has two brillant moves and they are both Rxf7!
Unzicker vs Tal, 1975  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 32 moves, 1-0
Rook sac makes for an interesting king chase.
L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
This is a great queen sac for the win.
G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Black resigned before the amazing combo at the end.
Shulman vs D Marciano, 1997  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0
Knight & King win vs. King & pawn
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0
Queen sac for the win.
Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Black has to find stalemate despite being up a rook.
A Romero Holmes vs B Kantsler, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
The queen sac is actually a forced win.
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
A queen sac check forces mate.
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Can you see the forced mate after the resignation?
Leko vs Radjabov, 2006  (B33) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0
Simple pawn check is defining blow.
S Lill vs A Nzamwitar, 2006  (C27) Vienna Game, 51 moves, 1-0
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