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Attacking Games
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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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