Dodgy Black Opening; White sacs everything!
D Przepiorka vs G Patay, 1926  (B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop Sacrifice
E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Original Double Bishop Sac
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
h-file battery against KID
Hort vs R Byrne, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 18 moves, 1-0
Several Checkmating Themes
Kotov vs M Yudovich Sr, 1939  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Long diagonal attack on fianchetto
Kotov vs Barcza, 1952  (E72) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
IQP: Bh7 & Rook Lift
L Christiansen vs J Campos Moreno, 1980  (E14) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0
A two-sided affair
Taimanov vs B Larsen, 1970  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 34 moves, 0-1
KIA
Panno vs Eliskases, 1957  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 50 moves, 1-0
Pin Variation, B takes on c3
I Ivanov vs Nabeiev, 1974  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
King Hunt
Steinitz vs Lang, 1860  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
Black tries to attack Kasparov w/ his King still in the centre
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1995  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Deconstruction of the Benoni w/ f5 & dancing Knights
Kasparov vs Nunn, 1982  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Opposite side castling - B missed ...g5 instead of Nxh3+
Y Hou vs N Muminova, 2014  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Beautiful miniature ending in disc. check
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Attacking the dark squares (h4, h5) with iso pawn
J Polgar vs A S Rasmussen, 2013  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 40 moves, 1-0
Nd5 sac in.Sicilian; lead in development & K in centre
F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Lead in Development; N vs. B
Spassky vs S Avtonomov, 1949  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0
Scotch Crush
Nakamura vs M Waxman, 1999  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Bird hack attack
H Heikinheimo vs U Raisa, 1955  (A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Attacking King in Centre
Svidler vs Shirov, 2003  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
K-side pawn storm Richter-Rauzer
T Heinemann vs G Meins, 2004  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Sacrifical Assault on Kingside
Capablanca vs A Ribera Arnal, 1935  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
K-side attack in c3-d4 pawn structure
I Nikolayev vs G Rusyniak, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 21 moves, 1-0
Nh7-g5 maneuver in exchange KID
H Wirthensohn vs Nunn, 1983  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 36 moves, 0-1
Fantasy Variation: Space, N-outpost, half-open g-file
D Csiba vs J Horvath, 2012 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
King castled too early
Kramnik vs G Meier, 2014  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 0-1
e5! instead of Qa6 Nimzo-Capa
Alekhine vs A Brinckmann, 1927  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Blowing open the King
Anand vs Kramnik, 2001  (B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Exploiting weak K-side dark squares; BN double checkmate
Sveshnikov vs R Shcherbakov, 1991  (B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
IQP: attack on weakened King
Reti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
IQP: d5-break
Kasparov vs Short, 1986  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Junior game w/ nice CM
V Cmilyte vs M Gutad Iversen, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Nice combo w/ Nh6+
Alekhine vs Breyer, 1913  (D68) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
Bxg6 sac from positional superiority
A Vaisser vs B A Jacobs, 1987  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 37 moves, 1-0
Adams Attack against the Najdorf
D Kononenko vs M Lukyanov, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 1-0
Against a funny W setup
Martin vs G Burgess, 1996  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Bxh7 sac (not quite Greek Gift)
Blackburne vs H Charlick, 1885  (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0
Sat. Puzzle
O H Castro Rojas vs D H Campora, 1979  (C28) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Tactical version of Karpov-Kamsky!
Kasparov vs Nunn, 1986  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Smashing the Sveshnikov
Gufeld vs B Ivanovic, 1979  (B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
Saemisch KID
M Rivas Pastor vs J Mestel, 1982  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 28 moves, 1-0
K-side attack in the Slav
P Cerveny vs M Pagerka, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
Classic KID Masterpiece
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1970  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Nimzo Larsen
J Bellon Lopez vs N Padevsky, 1972  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
E Keogh vs W Lewis, 1966  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
KID, lots of saccing
P Auchenberg vs B Elgaard, 1992  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 38 moves, 0-1
Nice deflection/decoy at the end
Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921  (C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
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