smoking is prohibited, better watch your king! Marshall vs Burn, 1900   (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0 checkmate with 6 knights....what the........ Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 you Prat, you think I wouldn't spot a simple 10-move mate? Alekhine vs M Prat, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 215 moves, ending in stalemate.....nice Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 215 moves, 1/2-1/2 q-sac, mating net, brilliant J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890   (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1 take a bow nezhy Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 mate net with rooks, bishops, set up by q-sac Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 the game itself is a piece of gold! S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 andy on fire......superb game Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 beautiful smothered mate.........and what an attack! E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1 powerful queen sacrifice followed by neat intermezzo Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 great endgame...spectacular save Yates vs Marshall, 1929  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2 the pin is mightier than the sword....nice way to prove that Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 amazin' swindle...old chiggy must have been astounded Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 13-year-old bobby plays a stunner D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 double murder at the opera Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 three spectacular moves, and white is is in zugzwang Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 petrosian knockout thunder Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 28...Qf4! and 30...Qf2! lead to beautiful back rank mate Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1970  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 30 moves, 0-1 nice endgame ending in zugzwang Short vs Kasparov, 1989  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 103 moves, 0-1 najdorf sacrifices 4 pieces, anything for the king Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1 sacrifices under mate-threats: evergreen Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 OMG....too many captures without developing! Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 271 moves...mate with 5 bishops...hilarious!! Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1 shortcut route from draw to mate R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 two beautiful moves finish white off neatly Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1980  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 0-1 take the queen.....I said TAKE THE QUEEN you $#!***... E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 no, no, no and no, I WON'T, repeat WON'T, let you in A Kosten vs R Zelcic, 1992  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2 incredible...that pretty much sums it all up K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 post man's next stamp is a black rook.....check out why E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 wanna mate me?? just you try it... S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 amazing central pawn storm Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886   (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1 hey there white queen! no use just sitting there...do something A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 oi! don't start attacking! I am only half developed!! Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 an invalid pin never wins Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0 Precise technique by Korchnoi! Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1962  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 a trapped rook? disadvantage?? not really Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1 I'm not finished yet, uncle Vicky Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970   (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1 not Bobby's best, still too good for Petrosian Petrosian vs Fischer, 1970   (E77) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1 RJF is just a class apart... Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 evans gambit has never been finer Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 oh no.....do I really have to take that irritating woman?! Portisch vs Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 insane game....yet one of the greatest Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 blundering against fischer...need I say the result? Fischer vs Uhlmann, 1970   (C15) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0 king is enough compensation for queen, I daresay?! Letelier vs Fischer, 1960  (E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1 spooky Qb6 followed by spectacular Qh6....brilliant Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 1-0 excellent windmill, I'm certain it could grind wheat Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 take my queen, I am going to take yours anyway Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 is Chuky man or machine?! Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 poor pawn..so much pressure on one piece Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 really good queen sacrifice and rolling rooks corridor mate J Augustin vs Nunn, 1977  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 castling usually keeps the king safe....not here though Reti vs Capablanca, 1928  (C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1 thrilling pawn race and too many promotions Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0 shame on black queen, cannot handle three small pawns Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 whoa, take it easy ladies; too much squabbling among you Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 tha' was one nasty pawn and two monster rooks von Bardeleben vs Alekhine, 1908  (C41) Philidor Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 so THAT'S why (old) chess computers are out of business Bronstein vs M20, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Delaireous game.... H Delaire vs NN, 1901  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 unusual opening terminates in beautiful sacrifice M Hancas vs E Reicher, 1987  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1 poor Gerusel has to endure Lombardment!!! M Gerusel vs Lombardy, 1957  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1 pseudo-rook sac leads to crushing win Kasparov vs Speelman, 1989  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0 astounding queen sac to gain a dangerous initiative Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 the old Lasker trap.... just never gets old! W B Wright vs R Finegold, 1990  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1 beautiful game..."the swindle of the century"... Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 risky q-sac, crushing attack - all in a day's work for Tal! R Toran vs Tal, 1961  (A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1 maybe white should've considered developing a piece..... A Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1 how is it again that you ignore material losses?! NN vs B Winkelman, 1945  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1 black army finishes 6 ranks away from their dead king!! Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 sudden q-sac for brilliant mate Kavalek vs W Pietzsch, 1967  (A22) English, 30 moves, 1-0 great attacking game by virtually unknown player W Liu vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0 Genius...sacrificing into a draw against ALEKHINE Alekhine vs M Fox, 1924  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 extremely weird game... and the position after move 18: LOL!!! R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1 even Fischer makes mistakes, but imagination prevails Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1970   (B40) Sicilian, 60 moves, 1-0 "black magic" by Vishy under pressure...brilliant! Topalov vs Anand, 2010  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 0-1 huh! who needs a rook to win brilliantly? not Morphy... Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 anand almoooost produced a miracle as black... Carlsen vs Anand, 2014  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0 AWESOME... in a word Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 that was almost casually brilliant! Muller vs Bayer, 1908  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 Brilliant attack by Judit in the Open Ruy Lopez J Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0 Now that's one brave, brave King! Forth Eorlingas! Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0 Where in a blue moon's atmosphere did that come from? Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0 Now that's a jaw-dropper and no mistake! F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1 White pawns partying tonight oh yeeeeah! Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0 Beautiful combination by Anderssen, out of the blue! F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1 That just... came out of nowhere! Beautiful finish. I Berezovsky vs V Rusel, 1984  (A15) English, 12 moves, 1-0 Attack is the best form of ignorance! Fucini vs Olivari, 1895  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 Beautiful coordination of black pieces... B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1 19.Nb4!, 20.Qxd6, 21.Qd5!, 23.Rg8+(talk about forcing moves!) E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 What is not to love about this game? A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1 TOO MANY SACRIFICES!!! M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856  (C25) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0 Beautiful attack by white... S Globus vs R Gross, 1884  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 Extremely sharp game... a tiny slip by black and X-P M Papa vs J LeBon, 1987  (B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0 Another great attack by black in the Traxler... Y Estrin vs J Nun, 1965  (C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1 That was way too much for my nerves!!!!!!! C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 a modern attacking masterpiece... Kotronias vs D Xiu, 2011  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 26.Nxh6! sparks a spectacular attack by Garry... Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Great attack on the castled king! Karjakin vs V Malinin, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0 absolutely brilliant move to end the game... Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Great attack by Vishy,Tal-esque in aggression and precision Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0 Very sharp play by both players... Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1 Talk about unexpected! G Bauermann vs R Butze, 1979  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1 101 games