McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 48 moves, 0-1
Positional Q-sac
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1
Devastating diagonal attack
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Blackburne vs Grube / Burnett, 1871  (C27) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 1-0
A nice Giuoco piano
Schiffers vs Harmonist, 1887  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0
Knight-in-the-box
Marshall vs W Napier, 1898  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 52 moves, 1-0
Bothersome bishops!
D Hermann vs Charousek, 1896  (C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Defensive masterpiece
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
J Kotrc vs Weigl, 1912  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
Kraussold vs Volt, 1921  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
This is not Legal!
P Imbaud vs Strumilo, 1922  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
Tartar Build Up
N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
R+B vs Q (and useless R)
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
General Pratten
Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Another early double polygamy
I Johannsson vs Z Nilsson, 1954  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Taimanov vs Polugaevsky, 1960  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
A Cherepkov vs Bronstein, 1961  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Rossolimo vs Livingstone, 1961  (B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
La Regina Della Notte
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal in Tallin
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
This is 1973, not 1873!
Zaturian vs Senij, 1973  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Tal vs W R Chandler, 1974  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
E Formanek vs J Bradford, 1979  (C02) French, Advance, 34 moves, 0-1
D Barua vs Korchnoi, 1982  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 54 moves, 1-0
B+N+4P win against Q+R
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
The Bonfire of Tunis
de Firmian vs P Nikolic, 1985  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
A A R Afifi vs Beliavsky, 1985  (A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Thoren in the Side
P Thoren vs P Lacko, 1987  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Salov, 1987  (E17) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 1-0
G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Høi Ploy
C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Vigorous attack and uncommon mate
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Another Zugzwang Game
Tal vs F Reinemer, 1991  (A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Another attacking king
Van Wely vs S Kindermann, 1994  (E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
The Sultan of Suat: double R-sac
S Atalik vs Sax, 1997  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
The double R-sac again
T Wall vs D Ippolito, 1998  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Bischoff's Bishop
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0
Slim to Nunn
Nunn vs I Nataf, 1999  (B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
R Schmaltz vs R Har-Zvi, 2001  (C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 0-1
Two white queens en prise - simultaneously!
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
Vachier-Lagrave vs Kosteniuk, 2008  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 85 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs V Malakhov, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
K Haznedaroglu vs J Isaev, 2010  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
Denis the Menace
Khismatullin vs I Kurnosov, 2011  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1
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