Evans vs Larsen, 1957  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
My favorite Larsen game
Larsen vs Chandler, 1987  (A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Amazing skill by Larsen with spectacular queen sac
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Double fianchetto attack
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Queen sac leading to king hunt and mate
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Garry vs. Deep Blue exchange sac
Kasparov vs Deep Blue, 1997  (A06) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
Bobby Fischer KIA Tunisa
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Petrofied
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Rxd5!
Panno vs Eliskases, 1957  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 50 moves, 1-0
sham queen sac leads to total destruction
Kogan vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
always think about endgame possibilities
B Khatanbaatar vs K Miton, 2008  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 105 moves, 1-0
Bakh in the USSR
Geller vs Averbakh, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
when you Gata win
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1
Burning the bridges for an attack
C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 28 moves, 1-0
How to seize intiative
Ivanchuk vs Beliavsky, 2010  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0
Tal does it again
Tal vs E Nievergelt, 1959  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
quickly mobilize forces
Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
djinni in a bottle
Bareev vs Piket, 2000  (A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0
how to conduct an attack as black with colle system
F Zannoni vs F Cantoni, 1886  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
KID attack by Fischer
Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970  (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
sicilian nadjorf fischer attack variants
N Akylbekov vs M Dekker, 2010 (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 55 moves, 1-0
Opposite castling in the nadjorf fischer attack
K Berbatov vs G N Gopal, 2010  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 38 moves, 0-1
the buck stops here
H Ohman vs G Buck, 1931  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's nadjorf/scheveningen position falls apart
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's scheveningen
Anand vs Kasparov, 1997  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 0-1
Petrosian beats Fischer
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0
Tal's specialty: complicate the game
Udris vs Tal, 1953  (A60) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
Good kibitz discussion on paradoxes
E Pritchard vs J Hempel, 1967  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Short vs Karjakin, 2008  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Rubenstein's positional brilliancy
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
Mir Sultan Khan takes down Capa
Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930  (E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0
How to open the center in the Bg5 nadjorf
A Laster vs R Gahtan, 1975  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0
Eis Eis Baby
A Eisenbeiser vs K Berg, 2007  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Stean-rolled!
M Stean vs Browne, 1974  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Nimzo's bolt from the blue
Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Obstruction theme
Tal vs Leonov, 1949  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0
Pure Chaos! Five Queens! When in doubt, play it out!
Belov vs V Prohorov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 82 moves, 0-1
Tal + Opponent King in center = Total destruction!
J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1
He's Mikenas crazy!
V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Tolush, 1957  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
black sacs both rooks and mates the king
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
An angel gets his wings
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2010  (C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Karpov goes on a king hunt
Timman vs Karpov, 1979  (A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1
Pilgrim's Regress
R Pilgrim vs P McKenzie, 1988  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
What rating difference?
T Patton vs E Meyer, 1986  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 47 moves, 1-0
Nd5 sac in the nadjorf
Jobava vs H Hernandez Carmenates, 2008  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0
the mysterious king march that leads to a win for NN. Fischer??
R Fontaine vs NN, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
White to play and draw move 29. An amazing piece of foresight
Khalifman vs Kaidanov, 1986  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky: it looked good on paper
Pravda vs Spassky, 1970  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 43 moves, 0-1
Instructive game by adams on how to use all pieces in an attack
Adams vs D Howell, 2010  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
Kramnik shows a textbook example of slow strategic victory
Short vs Kramnik, 2010  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Black builds up attack and sacs
Jelen vs M Dietze, 1936  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1
Kramnik's steady positional finesse
Kramnik vs D Howell, 2010  (D85) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1-0
43...Qd1! forces white to sacrifice a knight. Carlsen Adams Nad
D Howell vs Carlsen, 2010  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 55 moves, 0-1
Those pesky knights!
H H Cole vs N van Lennep, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
anastasia's mate
K Bayer vs Falkbeer, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Karpov misses a tactic against Kasparov
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
The Amazing Steinitz
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
The Great Umansky
M Umansky vs D Kudischewitsch, 1987  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 moves, 1-0
Lasker gets busted
Lasker vs S Polner, 1889  (C26) Vienna, 21 moves, 0-1
22.Bd5! Impressive play by white in the sicilian
B Kovanova vs N Pogonina, 2010  (B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
34. Rxh7+ followed by Rf7 for white
D Howell vs McShane, 2010  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
41. b6! Saavedra study position
Beliavsky vs Kotronias, 2009  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 53 moves, 1-0
Slowly but surely white wins
F Blatny vs J Pise, 1971  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
25. Rf5!! Out of the blue draw
Gufeld vs L Espig, 1980  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vugar display of power
V Gashimov vs Smeets, 2010  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
The Argentina tradegy
Geller vs Panno, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0
Queen and rook endgame
Kasparov vs Anand, 1991  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
kasparov the KID
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
Kramnik brings the fire
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2010  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0
12. b4!! Qxb4 13. a5! +- queen trap
L Kritz vs N Firman, 2007  (B07) Pirc, 22 moves, 1-0
instructive french attack with Bxh7+
E Can vs Shulman, 2010  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1-0
47... Rb1+ Tal does it again
Gipslis vs Tal, 1955  (B30) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1
The King is a strong piece. Use it!
Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Trapped queen
Ponomariov vs Anand, 2011  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 52 moves, 0-1
20...Rxh1+! wins the game for black
A Teloeken vs G Welling, 1996  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 0-1
Crossing Jordan
J Ivanov vs I Cheparinov, 2004  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 0-1
Endgame play by Rubenstein
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Navara a dull moment
Navara vs Ganguly, 2011  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
19. Nxf6!
Miles vs R Jamieson, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Brain over Bron
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
36. Rg7 tactical shot
Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011  (D94) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 1-0
24. Bxf7+!
Carlsen vs H Wang, 2011  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
The Wizard of Oz
I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Keller Wails
Tal vs D Keller, 1959  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
Morphy and the bird
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
29. White to move
U Boensch vs K Litkiewicz, 1974  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Sax sacs
Sax vs E Hermansson, 2005  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Capa wins over Spiel
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
13...Qa5+!! followed by Qf5 to prevent checkmate; Once best
P Charbonneau vs H A Hussein Al-Ali, 2008  (C10) French, 13 moves, 0-1
17. Nxh7!
Kramnik vs B Abramovic, 1993  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
25? Sunday puzzle
G Grigore vs Holzke, 1993  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 31 moves, 1-0
Cold Steel
Janowski vs Steel, 1893  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Reti's nightmare
Reti vs Nimzowitsch, 1925  (A20) English, 51 moves, 0-1
Arturo Fuente
A Pomar Salamanca vs M Johansson Sr, 1966  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 27 moves, 1-0
Spencer's gifts
S Crakanthorp vs C Purdy, 1926  (C14) French, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
Chess reclaims a devotee
A Kreymborg vs O Chajes, 1911  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
No you can't
D Wedding vs Barak, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
9.? White wins a Scotch game
Astapovich vs Golosov, 1967  (C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Karpov gets positionally beat (blitz)
S Polgar vs Karpov, 1992  (E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
Garry wins a sicilian out of the opening
Kasparov vs G West, 1977  (B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0
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