Intermezzo (...Nd3+)
Allies vs Steinitz, 1888 (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1
Simple Greek Gift from Sicilian
Hort vs I Radulov, 1974  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
20.Relative Pin and potential Discovered Check
Lipschutz vs Mackenzie, 1886  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
Queen sacrifice
N Evseev vs Flohr, 1949  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Pins in nice miniature
Meesen vs H Mueller, 1928  (A28) English, 13 moves, 0-1
Deflection: 18. ...
S Landau vs Reti, 1927  (A28) English, 18 moves, 0-1
Promotion puzzle at the end
Keres vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Back rank Q sac
Y Hou vs N Muminova, 2014  (A13) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Rxg6+ Zwischenzug
Morphy vs J Chamouillet / Allies, 1858  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug & Desperado
Ribli vs A Pomar, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang 33. (In Reinfeld puzzle book)
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 0-1
Discovered checkmate (Reinfeld 1001)
A Fox vs H L Dickerson, 1904  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 27 moves, 1-0
Promotion; also BR CM if dxe3
Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug in fianchetto KID
E Poltoranov vs Stein, 1955  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 25 moves, 0-1
Sac everything for a stalemate!
Sax vs Smejkal, 1977  (C45) Scotch Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Unusual windmill
L Passmoor vs L Warstad, 1999  (C46) Three Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang/Entombment
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Queenside breakthrough
H Stefansson vs J Rukavina, 2010  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0
Intermezzo, Clearance, Discovered Attack, Trapped Piece
I Nikolayev vs B Dean-Kawamura, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 1-0
Fatal Pin
L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976  (A43) Old Benoni, 33 moves, 0-1
Promotion!
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
Queen sac then mate
R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
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