28. Rh5!!
Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Tal, 1973  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1
18.Ne5xc6! 3 pawns, the initiave, space advantage for the piece
Caruana vs Giri, 2012  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Nezh attacks, great beauty and coordination from move 20
R Nezhmetdinov vs A Chistiakov, 1956  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 31 moves, 1-0
Bizarre draw - 23d century chess
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Off-beat Caro-Kann, both sides trade queens for pieces
Nepomniachtchi vs D Andreikin, 2012  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Positional squeeze and finish with devastating double check
Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969  (B10) Caro-Kann, 44 moves, 1-0
Karpov dances on the light squares, incidentally kills Kasparov
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Endgame: temp pawn sac, knight over bishop in open position
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0
Bacrot vs Karpov, 2013  (A28) English, 43 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs V Baskin, 1948  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
3 pawn sac for positional play
Rybka vs Houdini, 2011  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 0-1
Anand - Carlsen WCC 2013 - game 4
Anand vs Carlsen, 2013  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dominguez solves an endgame puzzle against 2785 Caruana
Dominguez Perez vs Caruana, 2014  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 108 moves, 1-0
A Muzychuk vs Brunello, 2014  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
First MC game after WC title
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014  (A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1
Fischer demonstrates strong knight vs bad bishop
A Saidy vs Fischer, 1964  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1
J Sunye Neto vs Kasparov, 1981  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
Giri vs A Belezky, 2014  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0
S Williams vs C Marcelin, 2014  (A56) Benoni Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs F Amonatov, 2014  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 30 moves, 1-0
Stockfish vs Jonny, 2014  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 60 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
B Rabar vs Geller, 1955  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
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