L Rellstab vs Huber, 1925  (C13) French, 13 moves, 1-0
J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906  (C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
one of many traps in the Scandanavian
M Huerga Leache vs P Husted, 2010  (B01) Scandinavian, 8 moves, 1-0
8 ... Qd3 mate
Atharva Bhajne vs J Ayush, 2008  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 8 moves, 0-1
nice mating combo
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
V Kunin vs Ochsengoit, 1958  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs M Walter, 1928  (B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1-0
F Egido vs J Sanchez Almeyra, 1992  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1
D Lima vs Shulman, 1996  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
B Corneliussen vs Martin Jensen, 1991  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
J Lokvenc vs Gilg, 1939 (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0
A Vajda vs H Titz, 1993  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 19 moves, 1-0
By Evans
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
J Mullon vs H Daurelle, 2011  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1
Sac sac sac
H Tirard vs A Silvert, 2000  (C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
premature resignation?
M Ujtelky vs E Rohan, 1954  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Bitanov vs Schmidt, 1971  (C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
Lewis vs E L Dayton, 1942  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
nice mate - and another Scandanavian dies a quick death
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
another nice mate
I Schomann vs M Amini, 2007  (A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
he makes it look so easy
Fischer vs E Travis, 1964  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
With notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
where did black go wrong?
Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
R-sac, R-sac, mate
Keres vs Szabo, 1955  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
Maroczy Bound!
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
A little too greedy
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
fortune favours the brave
Kotronias vs D Xiu, 2011  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0
Just dreadful!
K Kanakari vs M Bartel, 2006  (A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Great Q Sac
T Cipollini vs S Gubnitsky, 1977  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 19 moves, 0-1
Thank you
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Scandanavian disaster
G Abrahams vs W R Thomas, 1923  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Trompow-erful Attack
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
A little light Muzio
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Don't feed the troll
Puck vs Troll, 1961  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
A Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
Petroff's Defence crumbles quickly
Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008  (C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Modern madness
M Papa vs J LeBon, 1987  (B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0
Slav Defence - Slav Attack!
B Fartmann vs E Weinzettl, 1988  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 12 moves, 0-1
dragon slain before it even woke up
R Nezhmetdinov vs P Ermolin, 1946  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 15 moves, 1-0
Pin and discovery
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
No way out
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 18 moves, 0-1
A couple of simple sacs
A Bezgodov vs M Zhunusov, 1994  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 21 moves, 1-0
The price of aggression
G Bauermann vs R Butze, 1979  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1
Puzzle - move 21 - White to play
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 24 moves, 1-0
Rossolimo Attack
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
Viktor Victorious
Korchnoi vs I Sokolov, 1993  (A21) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Early Q attack
I Berezovsky vs V Rusel, 1984  (A15) English, 12 moves, 1-0
Trap in the Caro Kann
B Perenyi vs L Eperjesi, 1974  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 14 moves, 1-0
Black probably thought he was winning...
Rapport vs N Huschenbeth, 2010  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Just another Latvian Gambit
A F Ludvigsen vs S Sorensen, 1872  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Slugfest
S Horvath vs B Perenyi, 1972  (C47) Four Knights, 23 moves, 1-0
Anand on fire
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Another good Evans
S Globus vs R Gross, 1884  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Opening up the uncastled King
N Pegoraro vs P Trotto, 2004  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 16 moves, 1-0
How many tactics can you cram into 22 moves?
A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Wonderful mate-in-3.
M Cebalo vs Vasiukov, 2014  (A80) Dutch, 13 moves, 1-0
Space advantage leads to brilliant finish
A Yusupov vs E Torre, 1987  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
The perils of underdevelopment
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928  (C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
Neat attack undoes the weak K-side
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
pretty good Weds puzzle - 16 ... ???
U Kavcic vs D Pavasovic, 1998  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
How to beat an overextended centre
J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Another super Evans
S Conquest vs S Bjornsson, 1998 (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Evans with spectacular and deep Q-Sac
J Jordan vs Soltan, 1913  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Explosive attack - neat mate
Giri vs Morozevich, 2012  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0
Another flaky Tal sac
J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1
R-sac and Q-sac mating combo
M Wahls vs S Bjarnason, 1985  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit with O-O-O!
J Hector vs M Antonsen, 2010  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Great exploitation of the weaknesses around the king
H Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 24 moves, 1-0
Fortune favours the lucky
B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
From Russia With Love
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Amazing mate at R odds!
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
A bolt from the blue
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
Picturesque finish
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Tactical maelstrom
Bronstein vs R Vedder, 1997  (E16) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Trap in the Caro-Kann
V Prosviriakov vs Scott Borland, 2015  (B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Ruy Lopez miniature at the Candidates!
Anand vs Svidler, 2016  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Flushing the king out
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
The six pawn gambit!
H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Castling into it!
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
6-move combo to spectacular mate
E de Groote vs D Arutinian, 2009  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Lightning from a clear sky
Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1
Rook sac for attack
Kotronias vs K Georgiev, 1994  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
When the Nimzo-Larsen Attack doesn't
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
The exposed king
L B Hoyos Millan vs G Garcia, 1986  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1
Pogo Stuck
B Kovanova vs N Pogonina, 2010  (B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
Queenmate
Petrosian vs Kotov, 1952  (B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1
Buda-Pest!
Helmer vs J Krejcik, 1917  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1
Sacs and forks and threats of pins
A Raykhman vs T Heinemann, 2016  (E15) Queen's Indian, 20 moves, 0-1
Tactic after tactic
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Alekhine brilliancy
Alekhine vs NN, 1911  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
15...Rd8 was a tad optimistic!
E Paoli vs C Kottnauer, 1949  (B58) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann crushed
A Beliavsky vs Larsen, 1981  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
Boden's Mate
Ed Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
Flawed masterpiece
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Kamyshov, 1950  (B10) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
Well, who saw that one coming?
R Filguth vs A de la Garza, 1980  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 19 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Scandanavian - King walks to his death
P Vucinic vs D Djurovic, 1986  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
Nice attack in the Alekhine Hunt variation
R Erler vs T Espig, 1971  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Fantastic finish
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Q-sac followed by underpromotion
R Runau vs Schmidt, 1972  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
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