The Petrosian Queen-Knight Combination Sack
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956  (A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
King's Pawn Spassky Brutality
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Najdorf rides 7 moves deep
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
I like your style, Landa
Landa vs E Shaposhnikov, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
Petrosian Knight sack, but vs Spassky!
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Rook, then Queen, then Mate
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
If Petrosian gives Botvinnik a pawn, he shouldn't take it.
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1
Sac Sac Win
Karjakin vs V Malinin, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Removing the Defender, Szabo-style
Petrosian vs Szabo, 1952  (E14) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 0-1
Amazing pawn sack on move 35.
Svidler vs Harikrishna, 2009  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 50 moves, 1-0
22 rh8: sacking to remove the defender
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Load them rooks, let's go hunting.
Vocaturo vs T Hillarp Persson, 2009  (C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 1-0
Amazing rook sack ends an amazing game. Amazing.
Shirov vs H Wang, 2009  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0
Sack-to-mate 8 moves deep
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Tal sacks a knight right out of the opening, classic.
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
removing blocker + tempo
Dorfman vs Romanishin, 1977  (B06) Robatsch, 13 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
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