An Open Invitation - 14.Ne5!!
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Knight + Queen Sacrifice 17.Ndc4!! 18.Qxg6!!
A Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
A back rank weakness equals a whole lotta trouble 11.Bd5!!
Pillsbury vs Swiderski, 1902  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
An opportunity for brilliance - 15.Rxe7!!
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Spassky creates winning moves out of thin air! 14...Rh1!!
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
New year's resolution, "Win beautifully! 24.Rxd4!!
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Two queens under fire, why attack a rook? 27.h5!!
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Push a pawn, doubly attacked,win the game 30...b3!!
A Conrady vs Velimirovic, 1966  (B27) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1
Turning the tables - 31....Bd7!!
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Paulsen morphed - 17...Qxf3!!
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch trashes the kingside - 19...Bxh2+! 21...Bxg2!
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Real or Imagined? - 9.Nxe5!!
J Perrier vs F Wellmuth, 1917  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
Who needs rooks? - 11.Nxd5!!
Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Looks like nobody needs rooks! - 17...Rxh2!! 28...Rxf1+!!
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Reversal in banks - 22.Qxf4!!
Torre vs N Banks, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Wasn't that out of the question? - 20.Ng5!!
Flohr vs S Landau, 1930  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
No introduction needed - 17...Be6!!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
No introduction for this too! - 24...Rxf4!!
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Welcoming the king to unfamiliar territory - 30....Qxh3+!!
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
The Anand immortal - 15...Bc5!!
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Rubin the immortal - 22...Rxc3!! 23...Rd2!!
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Gufeld's Glory - 25...Be6!! 29....Nb4+!!
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
Drew with one rook, but could have won with none! 35.h3!!
N Gaprindashvili vs Z Veroci, 1974  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bishop sac to get queen out of the way! 30.Ba3!!
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Exposing your king brings great rewards! 35...Kc6!!
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
A castle breaks down on the enemy 12...0-0!!
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Castling in spite of it all
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
A wall crumbles down 30.e4!!
Portisch vs I Radulov, 1969  (A10) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Not the best, but the most beautiful finishing move!
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Rook sac to invade the enemy 48...Rxb3+!!
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1
Who's afraid of a little pin? 16...Nc3!!
Hort vs Alburt, 1977  (A58) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Opp coloured bishop endings are drawn, or not? 47...Bh3!!
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
My most favorite 24.Qxe5!!
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
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