Twas played between James A. Leonard & Frederick Perrin
J A Leonard vs F Perrin, 1861  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Early king walks, double stacker finish
Greco vs NN, 1620  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
KGD; B check is really a clearance move so R can pin Q to K
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Fraser Var (C45) 1-0 Dbl R sacs, Q&N battery
Mephisto vs NN, 1879  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C23) 1-0 1788 Dbl R sacrifice
T Bowdler vs H Conway, 1788  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Scotch, Napoleon G (C44) 1-0 Film name: "The Last Victory"
Napoleon Bonaparte vs General Bertrand, 1820  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Inventor sacs his queen
Captain Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
fc KGA MacDonnell Gambit (C37) 1-0 Sac Nc3, pound the 6th
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
QG Accepted: Old Variation (D20) 1-0 Pin it to win it
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0
An example of a Rook on the 7th & passed pawn power!
Bledow vs von der Lasa, 1839  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sacrifices
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1842  (B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
QG Accepted: Saduleto Var (D20) 1-0 Dbl R sacs, K walk
W Schwartz vs Kieseritzky, 1842  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
Black castles (to hell with the Queen) and wins!
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Compare to Guila vs Gioacchino Pecci
Shumov vs C Jaenisch, 1845  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1
KGA Salvio G, Cochrane G (C37) 1-0 Odd final position
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1845  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
"The Genius of Paul Morphy" by Chris Ward, pp 16-18.
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Stunning odds game
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Paul Morphy -The Great Chess Genius
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
"The Immortal Game"
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Odds game produces Legall's mate w/an extra step!
Smith vs NN, 1852  (000) Chess variants, 11 moves, 1-0
QGD: Harrwitz Attack (D35) 1-0 2R's 4A Q w/pin coming next
Harrwitz vs Loewenthal, 1853  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit: Wasp Variation (C40) 1-0 If KxN then NxP#
M Lange vs R Schurig, 1855  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit: Wasp Variation (C40) · 1-0 WILD
M Lange vs NN, 1855  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Falkbeer CG Charousek Gambit Morphy Def (C31) 1-0 Center surge
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Stunning 17...QxBf3 later occupied by blocking bishop
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 0-1Rob the back rank def
G Hammond vs Morphy, 1857  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1
Philidor CG. Zukertort Var (C41) 0-1 Sacs open lines, enter Q
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 1-0 Full piece coord
Morphy vs G W Medley, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
A wonderfully entertaining game
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Classical. Central Var (C64) 0-1 Deflection
Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 15 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0Brilliant smothered#
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Italian, Two Knights Def. Perreux Var (C55) 1-0 Kingdom to Kdom
Anderssen vs de Riviere, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game (C25) 0-1 Clear the way!
K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1860  (C27) Vienna Game, 31 moves, 0-1
K's Gambit: Accepted. Mayet G (C38) 0-1 Simple Yet Beautiful
Mayet vs Hirschfeld, 1861  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 Better EG
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
Notes by Irving Chernev. White changes mating squares!
Steinitz vs Van der Meden, 1865  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Congres international des echecs, 1869; Incredible 2 # patterns
C Golmayo vs Loyd, 1867  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Cozio Def. (C60) 0-1 Another Dbl R sac
Blackburne vs Burn, 1870  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 0-1
K's Gambit Accepted (C38)0-1 JHB simply the best g-file opener
J N Burt vs Blackburne, 1869  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack (C40) 0-1 Notes by Blackburne
Gamman vs Blackburne, 1869  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
This Alexander plays like Alekhine.
A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
Vienna G, Steinitz G Paulsen Def (C25)1-0Consolidate, then A
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
Dutch Staunton Gambit (A83) 1-0 Another Dbl Rook Sac victory
C T Goering vs J Minckwitz, 1871  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Piece sacs to open the h-file; then deflection Rh8+
Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
"The Austrian Morphy" plays the Evans Gambit
Steinitz vs R Gray, 1872  (C52) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
1e4 e5 Dresden Opening(C44) 0-1Reinfeld Semi-smothered # puzzle
C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Italian: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 0-1 White castled into
Guila vs G Pecci, 1875  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Potter Variation (C45) 1-0 c-file bone in throat
Blackburne vs G MacDonnell, 1876  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 240
E Delmar vs F Roser, 1876  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 206 Crossfire, both Q's sac
C Richardson vs A W Ensor, 1876 (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1
K's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's G (C33) 0-1Q sac lets open lines
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
Spanish Schleimann Def. Jaenisch G. Acptd (C40) 0-1 Full devel
P de Schloezer vs Chigorin, 1878  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1
King's Indian - One of several from 1879 in Leipzig; R vs N EG
A Schwarz vs Paulsen, 1879  (A16) English, 78 moves, 0-1
W fianchetto backfires; exchanges allow B to rob the pin
Dubois vs G De Koucheleff, 1880  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0Blindfolded Tarrasch owns the open files
Tarrasch vs Landau, 1880  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Jerome Gambit (C50) 0-1 "Old Kentucky"
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: QG Invitation (A04) 0-1 More of Black Death
F Riemann vs Blackburne, 1881  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Double Pawn Sacrifice (C44) · 1-0
Tarrasch vs B Lasker, 1882  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Zukertort's Immortal -- A Long Range Battle Thru the Center
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
QP Zukertort Var vs Lasker's NY System (D02) 1-0 Exciting game
Gunsberg vs Winawer, 1883  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Notes by JHB
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Rook deflection sacrifice allows Bxf7+
Schiffers vs Harmonist, 1887  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0
Annotated by Steinitz: "Mr Gossip deserves the highest praise"
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation (C26) 0-1 A smashing finish!
Lasker vs S Polner, 1889  (C26) Vienna, 21 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Trap: Spanish, Open. Classical ML(C83) 1-0Rob the pin
Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 12 moves, 1-0
Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 Heavy HEAVY pieces in the center
Blackburne vs Owen, 1890  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52) 1-0 Queenside clamp
Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1891  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 25 The Black rook works behind White lines
Blackburne vs Lasker, 1892  (C22) Center Game, 50 moves, 0-1
Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attack (C31) 1-0 Sneaky tactics
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1892  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Infancy of the QGD Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 0-1
A Hodges vs Lasker, 1892  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1
A truly fine sacrificial attack given he started w/out a rook!
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
One of my favorite games
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 15: 62 Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
En Prise All About...An All Time Great Great Great Game
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Lasker makes an endgame of it
Schiffers vs Lasker, 1895  (C46) Three Knights, 45 moves, 0-1
Notes by C. von Bardeleben
W Pollock vs Chigorin, 1895  (C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Spanish, 4 Knights Symmetrical (C49) 0-1 Keep file closed!
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C49) Four Knights, 26 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Dutch (A04) 0-1 e5 dilema, Kside attack
Albin vs Bird, 1895  (A04) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Berger Var (C22) 1-0 R sac w/check coming next
Winawer vs Steinitz, 1896  (C22) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
KGA Muzio Gambit Sarratt Def (C37) 1-0 Pulitzer Prize Winner!
A Pulitzer vs G Marco, 1896  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Gedult Gambit (D00) 1-0 Sacs, Qf6 block
Charousek vs G Exner, 1897  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit (C40) 0-1 Pile on the pin
D G Baird vs Blackburne, 1898  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Colle System (D05) 0-1 Lasker carefully escapes
Blackburne vs Lasker, 1899  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
QG Declined, Modern. N Def. (D51) 1-0 Up the exchange, active R
Lasker vs Tinsley, 1899  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
Spanish Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Exchange Sac
F J Lee vs Lasker, 1899  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Burn ML (C11) 1-0 2 Hogs on 7th get forked
Fischer vs T Ellison, 1964  (C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Def. Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Q beats pair of Rs
Fischer vs I Bilek, 1965  (C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 1-0 Dlbd Rs on h-file
Fischer vs J Plaster, 1964  (C14) French, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
FR Winawer. Advance (C16) 1-0 Central pawn storm, R pins Q
Fischer vs R Hoppe, 1964  (C16) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0
FR Winawer. Advance (C18) 1-0 Overworked pawn crumbles chain
Fischer vs W Hook, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
The Greek Gift is fatal for Black. 1-0, 15 moves; Wing Gambit
F Cirabisi vs V Cugini, 1992  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
French, Two Knights Var (C00) 0-1 Pseudo Arabian Mate
L Christiansen vs Bernheim, 1978 (C00) French Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
A6 Zugzwang! The pinned rook and it's defender become passive
Stripunsky vs Nakamura, 2010  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Not Normal (C00) 0-1 Good vs All
Dreev vs D Andreikin, 2013  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
KIA vs French (C00) 0-1 Shock sacrifices; Can't stop passer
M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz Aguado, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
French Exchange --> Instructive castling opposite, Dbld Rs win
R Grau vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1
French Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Terrific rook play by Black
F Ynojosa Aponte vs N Pert, 2008  (C01) French, Exchange, 66 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Advance (C02) 0-1 No Rooks involved, but...
K Treybal vs Foltys, 1936  (C02) French, Advance, 9 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 0-1 Rabid Rook
G Matteucci vs V Castaldi, 1938  (C02) French, Advance, 10 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 0-1 Q trap
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
French Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (C02)1-0 Stunning sacs
F A Foulds vs Lang, 1956  (C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0
Exchanges & battery double attack Qh7# or QxRa8
D Sermek vs M Varini, 1999  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 9 moves, 1-0
Black uses an exchange sacrifice to open the g-file. The last m
G Kitts vs Gulko, 1986  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 0-1
French Tarrasch Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07) 0-1 Open files
Kotronias vs Kramnik, 1992  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1
French, Tarrasch Variation. Chistyakov Defense (C07) 0-1 K walk
D Howell vs J Levitt, 2005  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
FR Trsch (C08)1-0A great burger is not necessarily a "Big Mac"
Carlsen vs P Nikolic, 2005  (C08) French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed, 22 moves, 1-0
Continuous pressure ties Black up, eventually creates a passer
Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1887  (C10) French, 40 moves, 1-0
French Rubinstein, Blackburne Def (C10) 1/2-1/2 Classic R EG
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
FR Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 W sacs 3 pieces on g7
P Dubinin vs D Petrov, 1936  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Rxg7 smashes thru
K Richter vs G G Alexandrescu, 1936  (C10) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Rubinstein Kasparov Attack (C10) 1-0 Centralization
Adams vs V Akopian, 2004  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Rooks to the open files against uncastled king allow sacrifices
Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
French Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Rooks gain time and climb like a vine
V Varavin vs V M Kozlov, 2002  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 0-1 Dbl rook sac
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
French Exchange (C11) 1-0 W sacs Q & R to open h-file
Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0The mating square
Tal vs Barcza, 1962  (C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Rf6 Alekhine's Block
Anand vs Bareev, 1993  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Classical Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift 2x same wk
Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894  (C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0
FR, Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0Chomping Minors, then Majors
A Kaspersky vs I Mazel, 1925  (C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Richter Attack(C13) 1-0Greek gift, Deflection
A Fritz vs J Mason, 1883  (C13) French, 21 moves, 1-0
French Defense Classical (C14) 0-1 Remove the Defender/Deflect
Von Gottschall vs Blackburne, 1885  (C14) French, Classical, 13 moves, 0-1
Overloading the g-7 pawn
M Hebden vs E Prie, 1984  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
French Winawer. Advance (C16) 0-1 Unusual rook lift; B fork win
I Golyak vs A Savage, 1994 (C16) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 0-1
French Winawer. Petrosian Var (C16) 1-0 Surprising sacrifices
Geller vs Karpov, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0
French Winawer. Advance (C16) 0-1 Pawn lever, pile on the pin
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1939  (C16) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 0-1
French Winawer Petrosian Var (C16) 0-1R decoy sac, Discovered+
Velimirovic vs Szabo, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 0-1
If 10.axBb4 then Qa2 wins the Rook
N V Pedersen vs L Karlsson, 1996  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 9 moves, 0-1
French Winawer. Bogoljubow Var (C17) 1-0 Alekhine's GUN
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
French Winawer. Advance Var (C17) 1-0 R sac on move 6?!
Petrosian vs Kelendzheridze, 1945  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0
h-pawn thrust helps pry open Black's fortress
Bologan vs Vaganian, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
FR Winawer PP (C18) 0-1 Dbl R Sacs; 3 pieces beat 2 in a K hunt
C Canoba vs Eliskases, 1957  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
Similar to Hort vs Petrosian, 1970; Exchange sac break thru 0-1
Reshevsky vs Botvinnik, 1948  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 0-1
French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) Dbl R Sac Draw
Balashov vs Bareev, 1987  (C18) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
FR Winawer Classical (C18) 0-1Ultra centralization, Pawn roller
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
(C18) French, Winawer Adv, 52 moves, 1-0 Double pin win
M Kobalia vs V Akopian, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 52 moves, 1-0
French Winawer Adv. (C19) 0-1 White has a bad knight?!
Stein vs Uhlmann, 1962  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 67 moves, 0-1
French Winawer. Advance Var (C19) 1-0 Closed central breakthru
Suetin vs Bagirov, 1961  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 47 moves, 1-0
French Winawer. Classical Var (C19) 1-0 Q must sac, Rs roll!
W Paige vs E Formanek, 1993  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0
checkers/whist/blind chess simul (1900) 1-0, 21 moves
Pillsbury vs NN, 1900  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Two dandy sacrifices many would not consider
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate w/a Bishop!!
M Brody vs L Banya, 1901  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
Italian Greco Gambit (C54) 1-0 Powerful Discoveries and Pin
Traxler vs Duras, 1902  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
Akiba gives rook odds and delivers mate w/the remaining rook!
Rubinstein vs NN, 1903  (000) Chess variants, 22 moves, 1-0
Masterful Rook Use: Penetrate, Capture, Cut-off, Support
Schlechter vs J Mason, 1903  (C41) Philidor Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
Pawnslaught begins 5.c4, 8.b3 transposes to strange Dbl Stonewl
F J Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Austrian Attack (B08) 1-0 Cambridge Springs 1904
Marshall vs Pillsbury, 1904  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
Annotated by Nimzowitsch in his book entitled, "Blockade."
L Van Vliet vs Nimzowitsch, 1907  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
4 Knts Spanish (C49) 0-1 Strategic Masterpiece, Classic R EG
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C49) Four Knights, 78 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 N dance ends 0-0-0!
Marshall vs Burn, 1907  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
En prise but not to worry...
J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908  (C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Berlin, Hedgehog (C66) 0-1Black's R is asking for it
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
QGD Orthodox Def. Rubinstein Var (D61) 1-0 Attack Masterpiece
Rubinstein vs Teichmann, 1908  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 8.Re1+ Kf8
Muller vs Bayer, 1908  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Closed. Worrall Attack Delayed 0-0 (C86) 1-0 Rxg7!
Lasker vs Teichmann, 1909  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
QGD (D30) 1-0 Famous R ending, highly annotated, photo
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Spanish Closed (C88) 0-1 Classic Rook EG annotated by Lasker
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1909  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 75 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Berlin Improved Steinitz (C66) 0-1 15 captures in 21 m
Capablanca vs D W Pomeroy, 1909  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1
Philidor Defense (C41) 0-1 Black Q hung 3 different ways!?!
E MacDonald vs Burn, 1910  (C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav, Chigorin Defense (D46) 1-0 A favorite opening trap
Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attk Nh3, Qf3 (D00) 1-0The Original Alekhine's Block?
Alekhine vs V Ostrogsky, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
AMAZING - game that never happened; pawn hurts like a splinter!
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense (D11) 1-0 A real game (trap exists in annotations)
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein Opening: A Colle-Zukertort: Bogoljubow Defense
Janowski vs Teichmann, 1911  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Q sac+R sac+minor piece sac = a fantastic game
C Hartlaub vs V Benary, 1911  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
A5 The Gold Coin Game made possible by Rooks on half-open files
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
QP Game: Colle-Zukertort vs Stonewall D (D00) 1-0 Blind tactics
Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense (C41) 0-1 Dbl Rook sacs, Dbl Minors sacs!!!
Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Spanish Exchange Alekhine Var (C68) 1-0 N on 6th, Rs penetrate
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Open. St. Petersburg Var (C82) 1-0 IQP & backward c-P
Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1-0
QGD Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 0-1 Bully Queen occupation
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense (A80) · 0-1 Crossfire on B Highway
J F Smyth vs H Helms, 1915  (A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 0-1 Caught in the center, pinned
J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1916  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 0-1
An off-hand game; White targets the pin and Black Q
Alekhine vs B Verlinsky, 1918  (C21) Center Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Marshall unveils his gambit but Capa defends carefully
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Threats galore in this game of Capa
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein lost a Rubinstein Variation of Budapest Gambit (A52)
Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
Scandi, Gipslis Var (B01) 0-1 Killer B outpost blocks double ps
O Chajes vs Marshall, 1918  (B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 0-1
Nxh7 and Unusual Rook Manuevers
Euwe vs J J O'Hanlon, 1919  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0
Polish Opening (A00) 1-0 R check removes the overworked Queen
Tartakower vs Reti, 1919  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Philidor Exchange Var (C41) 1-0 This beauty never happened?!
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Black gets up off the canvas to deck White!
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Dutch Staunton Gambit. Lasker Var (A83) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sac smack
Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
What did Black gain with 21...Ra1+ sac? A game winning tempo!
W Schelfhout vs Maroczy, 1920  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1
QGD Chigorin Def. (D07) 0-1 Open lines, connected Rs penetrate
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1921  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Game: Double Spanish (C49) 0-1 Rxg2 Sac
R D Gillon-Ferguson vs Euwe, 1921  (C49) Four Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
This game certainly deserved the brilliancy prize!
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1922  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Dutch Rubinstein / Modern Stonewall Def (A84) 0-1 Dbl Rook sacs
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
White R captures pawn, 2 R's, Q & B. Never saw anything like it
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Budapest Defense: Alekhine Variation (A52) 0-1 Crazed Knights!
Euwe vs Spielmann, 1922  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Notes by Geza Maroczy; QGD Orthodox D64
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: Modern Main Line (B05) 1-0 Decoy K, then Nxf7+
Luer vs Rattman, 1922  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 11 moves, 1-0
QP Game: Symmetrical Var (D02) 0-1 Marvelous defense!!
L Schmitt vs Tarrasch, 1923  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Susan Polgar reviews this game in her video series for beginner
Maroczy vs J H Blake, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, French Var. (B40) 1-0 Went astray and still won
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (B40) Sicilian, 61 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def., Scandinavian/French (B02) 0-1Rook interference!
Maroczy vs Lasker, 1924  (C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
Scotch G. Max Lange Attack Long (C55) 1-0 Pin, Bully Deflection
Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1924  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca(D43) 1-0Beautiful, forcing
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Seminal Game, exchange KID dumbfoundingly profound
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Capablanca, 1925  (A48) King's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1
Torre Briefly Windmills Lasker
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Old Benoni (A43) 0-1 Sac fails; N gets trapped
B Thelen vs J Rasovsky, 1925  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack (B02) 1-0 Fantastic Rs Play!
B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine (A00) 0-1 Big boy Rook!
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld
Colle vs G A Thomas, 1926  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Heap on the fortress
Lasker vs H R Bigelow, 1926  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 19 moves, 0-1
QG Declined: Modern Var (D53) 0-1 Rook on the 2nd threatens f2
Alekhine vs J Machado, 1926  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1
Marshall uses the Nimzo to beat Nimzo; penetrate the correct sq
Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 30 moves, 0-1
Colle-Kolty version 7.c3; The heavy pieces end up on back row
Colle vs L Steiner, 1927  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Most brilliant moves of all time, Nimzowitsch's 50th here
Kmoch vs Nimzowitsch, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
Romanovsky's Immortal; Double-Double Fianchetto
Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1927  (A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Transposes from QGD vs Slav to Colle Zukertort vs Dutch Stonewl
G Geiler vs B Verlinsky, 1928  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
A perfect clone of another played fifteen years before
NN vs Torre, 1928  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1
K's English. 4Knights (A28) 0-1 Often, the 1st R should capture
Meesen vs H Mueller, 1928  (A28) English, 13 moves, 0-1
Check by castling nabs the wayward rook
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
Powerful penetration along the c-file
S Landau vs T ten Kate, 1929  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Spanish Exchange. Alekhine Var (C68) 0-1 Classic R endgame
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
A "kitchen sink" game
Alekhine vs Mendelevic, 1930  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
QGA Classical Def. Steinitz Development (D26) 1-0 Discovery
Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Variation (A51) 1-0 Notes by A.A
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1932  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Like a Reti Gambit Accepted; Superfine.
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1933  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 26 moves, 0-1
White does not retain his center and the Black rooks get busy
R Cintron vs Alekhine, 1933  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1
Better think twice before aligning queen with king
Andres vs F M Wren, 1933  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 17 moves, 0-1
Boden's Criss Cross Mate is the Mother Load of Sacrifices
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
1935 Men Chess Olympiad
K Treybal vs I Solin, 1935  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
Another "pin it to win it"
D Saxton vs Darting, 1936  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 7 moves, 1-0
Colle-Koltanowski Double B sacrifice, Double R lift, model game
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Gain time, Remove the Guard
V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def. Alekhine Gambit (B05) 1-0 R&Q sacs, back rank #
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (C41) 0-1 Dbl Rook Sac
O Bernstein vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
Budapest, Rubinstein Variation (A52) 0-1 X-Ray Defense
Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
Italian, Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Atk (C55) 1-0 Deflection Sac
B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Vienna Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C25) 1-0 Mini: Lightning finish!
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
QID Classical Traditional ML (E19) 0-1 Great Exchange Sacs, Bs
Euwe vs Keres, 1940  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 AA makes it look easy
Alekhine vs P Rethy, 1941  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
"107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-1945" by Alekhine; R on 7th
Kashdan vs Reshevsky, 1942  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined (D30) 1-0 AA announced mate in 7
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
#25 in Irving Chernev's "The Most Instructive Games Ever Played
Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1
Black just riddles White's position and ends it with a fork
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
Rook Lift, Queen sacrifice and Arabian Mate all in one!
Koltanowski vs NN, 1945  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
QGD Tartakower Defense (D58) 1-0 Forks & more
Ragozin vs Bondarevsky, 1946  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 58 moves, 1-0
QGA Classical Def. Alekhine System (D28) 0-1 Touch 'em ALL!
Szabo vs Euwe, 1946  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
Colle Zuk / Odd Stonewall Dutch (D02) 0-1 Hellacious Black EG!!
Denker vs G Abrahams, 1946  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
"Don't Shoot the Piano Player"; The White Q is lost w/a check!
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Castling opposite, push pawns, Black misses a knight on f6!
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Typical R+B mate pattern
E Diemer vs Burger / Bartsch, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
"Kashdan's Immortal" magnificent double kNight finish!
B Siff vs Kashdan, 1948  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 R deflection sac
E Diemer vs NN, 1949  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
OID Ukrainian Var (A54) 0-1 Q Sac, Daring Bishop, Ruthless Rook
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Rooks and Bishops MG; Two hogs prevail
H D Evans vs C Stine, 1950  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Normal Var (C22) 1-0 Decoy, Pin, QxQ
Bronstein vs NN, 1950  (C22) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Spanish Morphy. Chigorin Def Panov Syst (C99) 1-0 Exchange sac
Tal vs Pliss, 1950  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 37 moves, 1-0
KGA Cunningham, McCormick Def(C35) 1-0Bxf7+ starts sharp K walk
Lutikov vs Korchnoi, 1951  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 1-0 Exchange Sac K Attack
G Ravinsky vs G Ilivitsky, 1952  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0
C-K Accelerated Panov Attack (B10) 0-1, 12 moves, Dbl R Pins!!
A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1
100 best games of 20th century by Andrew Soltis
G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952  (A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Old Indian Defense: Normal Var (A55) 0-1 Kotov's Brilliancy
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Black dangles his king as bait and gives up a whole rook!
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian vs KIA (A04) 0-1 Bishop Pair Beats Rook Pair
O Troianescu vs Petrosian, 1953  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
Castle opposite, hammer the g-file, outnumber on h7
E Diemer vs Heinz, 1954  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
First Brilliancy Prize of the tournament...and deservedly so!
R Nezhmetdinov vs E Paoli, 1954  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 27 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack vs Dragon (A07) 0-1 R decoy sac for promo
Geller vs Averbakh, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Exchange Var(D71) 0-1Black controls open file
Koltanowski vs Keres, 1955  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 41 moves, 0-1
Complete Book of Beginning Chess: King's Indian Attack
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1955  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Defense (E90) 0-1 Centralized Knight, R decoy sac
J Thomason vs Fischer, 1955  (E90) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
No time to breath! Black strike & strike, like Ali in his prim
Korchnoi vs B Djurasevic, 1956  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 25 moves, 0-1
Sodium Attack (A00) 1-0 Plays out like a Bird's Opening
R Durkin vs Spielman, 1957  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
BFTC: Page 288 (White to move 30.?)
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
27...Rf1+! wins with a clever decoy sham sacrifice
Evans vs Larsen, 1957  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
BFTC: Box 75, page 97, 30...? to win (modified)
M Surgies vs Fischer, 1957  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack (A02) 1-0 White kNight raid
Larsen vs M Raizman, 1958  (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Black doubles on 2nd rank w/Q, arranges discovered #
H Kloss vs E Diemer, 1959  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Buecker Gambit (A00) 0-1 Triple on f-file
Larsen vs F Olafsson, 1959  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Sic Nimzowitsch Exch Var (B29) Rob the pinned pawn defender 2X!
Spassky vs J Saadi, 1960  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 40 moves, 1-0
KIA Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 Pin & Crossfire, weak back rank
Korchnoi vs Ivkov, 1960  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 White Q sac & connected rooks
Stein vs Sokolsky, 1960  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 1-0
Classic KIA (A08) 0-1 Black's R is immune, White's R is lost
H L Tan vs Larsen, 1960  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
KIA/English Botvk vs Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 White perm penetration
Tal vs R Teschner, 1960  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights (E21) 0-1 A hidden gem!
Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 33 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 0-1Lonely K to receive Arabian #
Parma vs M Damjanovic, 1960  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 0-1
Cntr Cntr Leonhardt Gambit b4 (B01) 1-0 Poisoned h-pawn
Koltanowski vs W Windom, 1960  (B01) Scandinavian, 35 moves, 1-0
NID Saemisch Var. Accelerated (E24) 1-0 "No Trouble at Tal"
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
C-K Karpov. Smyslov Main Line (B17) 1-0 Rxg7 sets the fire
Shamkovich vs Kholmov, 1961  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by David Bronstein, Game 29
Bronstein vs Shamkovich, 1961  (B01) Scandinavian, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf. Scheveningen Var (B84) 1-0Legendary Rook Sac
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian (B35) 1-0 Sacs galore; royal family fork
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Swindled into a capture stalemate or immune perpetual check
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pirc Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 Fischer's R block!!
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def: Hromadka System (A57) 0-1R decoy beats mate in one!
Tolush vs A Filipowicz, 1964  (A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
K caught in center, triple on file, exchanges, outside passer
O Lie vs K Saga, 1965  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Magnificent mating attack!
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1965  (A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Def. Czech Var w/Nc3 (A53) 0-1 Rook show stopper!!!
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack (B06) 1-0 Very helpful Rook!
Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
Fischer gets a lesson-geat break-thru+ strategy by Kholmov
Fischer vs Kholmov, 1965  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 46 moves, 0-1
Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Breyer Var (B39) 1-0 Q Sac
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Useful rook lift and rook sacrifice w/diagonal assistance
Portisch vs S Johannessen, 1966  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
White opens the h-file for Black's mating attack
K Dietrich vs J Hempel, 1966  (C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Who takes the rook?
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, 1967  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Not one, but two (!) exchange sacs by Spassky.
Spassky vs T Ghitescu, 1967  (A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
"40 Combinations with Explanations" section of "Sorcerer's Appr
Bronstein vs Tal, 1968  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
Ruy Lopez Steinitz Def (C62) 0-1 Who takes the rook?
Kupreichik vs Dzindzichashvili, 1968  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 72: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)
Matulovic vs Fischer, 1968  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 0-1 Max use of half-open file
P Mertens vs E Eichhorn, 1968  (C22) Center Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Odd final position; White dare not release the pin but he must.
Geller vs P Ostojic, 1969  (B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf (B98) 0-1 Who arrives first? The Q sac does!
Jansa vs Smejkal, 1969  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1
19. Rxg7+!! starts a 19-move combination!!
A Ostapenko vs Yartsev, 1969  (B89) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Definitely an underrated game
Spassky vs Fischer, 1970  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0
KID, Korchnoi Attack (E97) 0-1 Maintain pins, shut 4 in!!
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) 1-0 Suddenly
Bobotsov vs A Kolarov, 1971  (E12) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Closed Var (E08) 1-0Instructive notes by Keene
Keene vs Robatsch, 1971  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio vs Lasker's NY System (A04) 0-1 Defend Dbl R's on file!
Dzindzichashvili vs Furman, 1972  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
KG Miniature: 9.Bxh7+ and 12.Rf6 Alekhine's Block
B Wall vs Bob Brooks, 1973  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1-0 Immortal Rook Sacrif
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
K's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Panno Var (E63) 1-0Magical Mate
Quinteros vs Tukmakov, 1973  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
White ties Black defenders to f7 and still takes the square
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
Englund Gambit Declined (A40) 0-1 Fishing Pole Attack on h-file
H Krebs vs E Diemer, 1974  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1
Pun writer deserves a date with Laetitia Casta
Velimirovic vs Csom, 1974  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
QGD Orthodox Def. Henneberger Var (D63) 1-0 Kside breakthru
Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Sic Accelerated Dragon Maroczy Bind (B39) 1-0Beware Q&B battery
N Gaprindashvili vs R Servaty, 1974  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Accepted (C32) 1-0 Anastasia's #
P Roth vs G Rajna, 1975  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Double Rook Sac wins!
L Hazai vs L Karsa, 1976  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Scheveningen. Modern Var (B83) 1-0 Wonderful finish
H Akvist vs G Kuzmin, 1976  (B83) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 N & Dbl Rook sacs
H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Raphael Var Bg5 (A80) 1-0 W controls B-file
Browne vs R Byrne, 1977  (A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Accelerated Panov Attk. Modern Var (B10) 1/2-Crazy R
K Wockenfuss vs Andersson, 1977  (B10) Caro-Kann, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2
Perpetual Check of the Queen
T Purser vs Euwe, 1978  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pirc Classical Quiet System Chig (B08) 1-0 Dbl R sac declined
L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit (C40) 0-1 Dbl R sacs
NN vs E Diemer, 1978  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
King's English. 4 Knts Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 Block backward pawn
Smyslov vs Romanishin, 1979  (A28) English, 33 moves, 0-1
Benoni Taimanov Var (A67) 1-0 Hangman's noose via cross pin
Kasparov vs F A Cuijpers, 1980  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 A first-rate "rook slap" miniature
S Palatnik vs Geller, 1980  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06) 1-0 Instructive R EG
Ribli vs Karpov, 1980  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0
NID Huebner Main Line (E41) 0-1 Active rooks penetrate
Gligoric vs Seirawan, 1980  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 62 moves, 0-1
Alapin Vari. Barmen Def. Central Exchange (B22) 1-0Common unpin
S Jackson vs B Sinka, 1981 (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Woozle (A43) 0-1 Take my rook please!
K Panczyk vs S Buecker, 1981  (A43) Old Benoni, 62 moves, 0-1
Enders allows White two Qs in middlegame and wins.
W Schmidt vs P Enders, 1981  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 29 moves, 0-1
KID (E90) Bold kNights and piling on the pin
Kavalek vs Kasparov, 1982  (E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
23.Bxf7+! is a nice shot, securing an EG advantage
Kasparov vs Sax, 1982  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
Engl/Reti Agincourt Def./Var (A13) 1-0 Incredible offers here
Yermolinsky vs Taimanov, 1982  (A13) English, 29 moves, 1-0
Winning Chess Brilliancies by Seirawan - Game 5
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Benoni-Indian Def vs Nc3 not c4 (A43) 0-1 Black turns the table
A Huss vs O Borik, 1982  (A43) Old Benoni, 24 moves, 0-1
Real or invented; First published as "Blood-curdling chess"
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
Hard fought, but significant mistakes. Disconnected Rooks lose
K Georgiev vs Dlugy, 1983  (D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 3.f4 4.Bc4(B23) 1-0Methodical Kside destruction
G Welling vs Kappler, 1983  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def: Huebner. Rubinstein(E42) 1-0Pin, 2Deflections
Hort vs G Ligterink, 1983  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 25 moves, 1-0
K's English. Four Knights Fianchetto Lines (A29) 1-0 Bf6 block
Adorjan vs H Wirthensohn, 1983  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 28 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening vs Modern (A04) 0-1 Exchange sac, get it back
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1983  (A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
5-move howler; Sicilian Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20) 0-1
K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
a great advertisement for the underused Semi-Tarrasch
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
Slav, Czech (D19) 1-0 Sure fire perpetual in hand
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1984  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Slam ahead to the King!
Smagin vs S Salov, 1984  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 31 moves, 1-0
Nunn's KID dismantles White
Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1
Splendid series of deflection sacrifices
S Polgar vs P Hardicsay, 1985  (A60) Benoni Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation. Gary Gambit (B44) · 0-1
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad. Warsaw Var (A88) 0-1 Active Rs corridor threat
C Pieper Emden vs S Buecker, 1985 (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 53 moves, 0-1
"Railroad Mate" technique w/other pieces; Q protects R shuffle
P Littlewood vs D Norwood, 1985  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0White's heavy pieces hit hard
K Mokry vs Gheorghiu, 1985  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 1-0
KID Saemisch Variation (E80) 1-0 N sac, Queen trap
Spassky vs H Pfleger, 1986  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Rc5!! looks insane
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Swindle: Capture the 1st rook leads to immune perpetual check
Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spanish Open (C83) 0-1 Sac speeds things along, promotion looms
Yurtaev vs Anand, 1987  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Rob the back rank defender
N Davies vs Kotronias, 1987  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Cramped white rallies
Portisch vs Benjamin, 1987  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0
C-K Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern (B10) 1-0Shift the attack
Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
Spanish Closed, Zaitsev System (C92) 1-0The safer K wins, maybe
Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 1-0
Torre vs unusual KID (A48) 0-1Passive W Rooks lose
Miles vs Gulko, 1987  (A48) King's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1
10-year old Waitzkin sacs rook and queen for mate in 6
Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
Notes by Carsten Hoi; White arranges an Epaullettes Mate
C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Pirc (B07) 1-0 Notes by Ivanchuk from Informant
Ivanchuk vs A Graf, 1988  (B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0
Engl/Reti; Agincourt Def. Catalan Def. Accepted 1-0 Rook clinic
Polugaevsky vs H Olafsson, 1988 (A13) English, 44 moves, 1-0
Polish Opening (A00) 1-0 2 Hogs on 7th beat the outside passer
Ljubojevic vs Leonardo, 1988  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 53 moves, 1-0
Benko G. Accepted. King Walk Var (A59) 0-1 R sac, Q penetration
J Bonin vs S Polgar, 1988  (A59) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Battery on the half-open f-file
S Polgar vs L Schandorff, 1989  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice and mate with three minors!!!
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
White briskly shears off Black
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
QGD Lasker Defense ML (D56) 1-0 Queen vs Rook pair
Lautier vs Spassky, 1990 (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0
Carr Defense (B00) 0-1 Rook robs the back rank defender
S Bibby vs M Basman, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Rook sac traps opposing rook, winning a bishop and pawn
M Brzoza vs Bartnik, 1991  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Bishop sacrifice opens the gates in the knick of time
M Tauber vs P Bachmayr, 1991  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Early exchanges by GMs do not have to end in draws!
S Polgar vs Yudasin, 1991  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense / Phildor (B07) 0-1Aggressive Rook play both sides
Browne vs Gulko, 1991  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense (D10) 1-0 W is the aggressor after dbl Q sacs
Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1991  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1-0
Veresov Attack. Dutch System (A80) 1/2-1/2 Crazy Rook Stalemate
W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Philidor Def: Nimzowitsch. Rellstab Var(C41) 1-0 2-sided danger
F Manca vs F Braga, 1992  (C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 She can't leave c7
I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Anand sacs 'em to hell
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0
Slav, Winawer Countergambit (D10) 1-0 Caught on B hwy
Beliavsky vs Gelfand, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Pyrenees Gambit (A50) 0-1 Mate threat on h-file
Kasparov vs W Cotrina, 1993  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 1-0 Shift from Qside to Kside
V Akobian vs G Szabo, 1993  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
QGD Vienna Variation (D37) 1-0 Snuffed out?!
Kramnik vs Kaidanov, 1993  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Carr Defense 1.e4 h6 2.b3 e6 (B00) 0-1; Q sac creates a passer
F Babar vs M Basman, 1993  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Kaspy plays a Q sacrifice early on
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian, Main Lines. Mieses Var 1-0 kingside pawn roller
Nunn vs P Madsen, 1994  (B01) Scandinavian, 42 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin Variation (B22) 1-0 Trapped Rook
Karpov vs Polgar, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0
QG Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sac break thru
Khalifman vs Serper, 1994  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern, Early deviations (B66) 1-0
M Brodsky vs J Maiwald, 1994  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 38 moves, 1-0
Benoni-Indian Def vs. Nc3 not c4 (A43) 1-0Bold sacs into skewer
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 36 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav, Botvinnik System (D44) 1-0 Q sac and more
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Four Knights. Exchange Var (B45) 0-1 Rook Decoy Sac
Yudasin vs Kramnik, 1994  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 37 moves, 0-1
Pseudo-Boden's Mate; supported Rook variation on open b-file.
Benjamin vs N Gamboa, 1995  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 15 moves, 1-0
Dutch (A80) 1-0 Exchange sacrifice on h-file will mate
F Oberndoerfer vs J Gabriel, 1996  (A80) Dutch, 9 moves, 1-0
Sic ScheveningenPerenyi Gambit (B90) 1/2-1/2 Why not take Knt?
Shirov vs Polgar, 1996  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird, Hobbs Gambit (A02) 1/2-1/2 White survives IQP passer
S Buecker vs T Vogler, 1997  (A02) Bird's Opening, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Edward Lear's ; A Strange 4 Corners!?
S Atalik vs Sax, 1997  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr ML 8.Nd5 Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 Rxg7!
Shirov vs Salov, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 0-1 Crossfire; Rob the pin
R Bertholee vs Ljubojevic, 1997  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
KG Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Fabulous f7 attack uses B pin!
B Rositsan vs A Hervais, 1998  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal; terrific rook play
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Z15 White re-deploys too often; Black exchange sac finalizes!
C A Young vs D Lemoir, 1999 (C40) King's Knight Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Decoy, Remove Guard
Beliavsky vs Bacrot, 1999  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
Hybrid KIA vs Sicilian (A07) 1-0 Dbl Rs on open file
H Hamdouchi vs M Bezold, 1999  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Giuoco Pianissimo. Canal Var (C50) 0-1 Pawn lever power, R lift
A Zemouli vs A Rizouk, 2000  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1
Battery double attack Qxf7# and QxRa8
F Dieperink vs P Klootwijk, 2000  (C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst), Novosibirsk Var (A00) 0-1 5 passers oughta do
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation (C22) 1-0 Pawn fork
S Buecker vs G Mueller, 2000 (C22) Center Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Scandi Def: Icelandic-Palme Gambit (B01) 0-1 She has no time to
P Zarnicki vs F Fiorito, 2000  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 0-1
Slav Alapin Variation (D16) 0-1 Pseudo Epaulettes Mate
Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
King Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.b3 Bc5 (C20) 1-0 Dbl R's on h-file
J Meyer vs R Klees, 2001  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Dbl QP Levitsky Attack (D00) 1-0 Uncommon Knight Mate
J J Janse vs T Borland, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Tartakower Var (D00) 1-0 Rxf7 works
C Von Zitzewitz vs L Cane, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defense (C24) 0-1 f3 as a landing pad
R Willmoth vs B Lalic, 2001  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Mexican Defense (A50) 0-1 Black kNights Tango by Orlov himself!
J Ferguson vs G Orlov, 2001  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Bird, From Gambit. Declined (A02) 1-0 See those Rooks!
E F Pecci vs Fritz, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bogoljubow Var II (A12) 0-1Deflection
B Franciskovic vs R Svaljek, 2001  (A12) English with b3, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Flank Var (B87) 1-0 Remove the Defender
E Tate vs T Braunlich, 2001  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 21 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Chameleon Var (D15) 1/2- 1/2 Rooks gone wild...
Gelfand vs Bacrot, 2002  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rd2! looks like a mouse slip...very clever
R Janssen vs I Sokolov, 2002  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
"Emil Fit For A King"
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
White uses an X-ray defense and pin to penetrate Black's camp
V Malakhov vs Bacrot, 2002  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 37 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0Central agression pays!
L E Johannessen vs Nakamura, 2002  (D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
QGD Three Knights Var (D37) 1-0 Q sac leads to mate
A Kogan vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox Variation (E94) 0-1 Q+ will fork LPDO Rook
C F Ekeberg vs Carlsen, 2003  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 42 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Classical (B57) 1-0 Discovered check is a B_ _ _ _
R Pokorna vs N Gaprindashvili, 2003  (B56) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def. Taimanov (A67) 1/2-1/2 Crazy Rook Sac Stalemate
S Ernst vs Stellwagen, 2003  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Much more than Dbl Rook sacs!
G Szabo vs S Zawadzki, 2004  (B53) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Voracious Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern (B67) 1-0 R sac exposure
Anand vs Timman, 2004  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Defender
T Farley vs M Kawuma, 2004  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Sic Najdorf Anti-English Attack (B90) 1-0 Rule the open file!
V Akopian vs Kramnik, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit (C30) 1-0R decoy sac, Q robs pin and mates
Z Asefi vs Daryl Allen, 2004  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Two bishops are almost always superior to a rook.
Rublevsky vs K Asrian, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 0-1 Sterling Sacrifices
Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Var (C42) 1-0 R fork
Anand vs Kramnik, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Spanish Open, Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Check & Fork LPDO!
Carlsen vs S Agdestein, 2005  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Raphael Var (A80) 1-0 Queenside pawn expansion
V Akobian vs M Aigner, 2005  (A80) Dutch, 29 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian; Sac, shift gears, plant a rook on the 2nd
S Narayanan vs V Ikonnikov, 2006  (B32) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1
The author plays his defense and blows up f2
I Sokolov vs S Williams, 2006  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
Jesus of Nazareth brought back to life a friend, Lazarus who...
L Bruzon Batista vs Anand, 2006  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Noteboom (D31) 1-0 Deflection, weak back rank
Shulman vs I Schneider, 2006  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Modern Var (B50) 0-1 Connected Rooks, R on 2nd
I Goutioudi vs L Rogule, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
QGA Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 0-1Abrupt, surprise finish
M Rodshtein vs M Sorokin, 2006  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
NID Classical. Berlin Var Pirc Var(E39) 0-1 Q sac counterattack
J Eriksson vs J Hellsten, 2006  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Pirc, Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 Shrewd mating net
So vs M Mahjoob, 2007  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 0-1 Coridor #
M Sagafos vs T Gareyev, 2007 (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov (B47) 1/2-1/2 Mad Rook Stalemate
I Gaponenko vs B de Jong-Muhren, 2007  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gruenfeld Exchange. Classical (D86) 1/2-Mad R Arabian Stalemate
Hertneck vs R Ris, 2007  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 0-1 Interposing Rook
Kamsky vs Leko, 2008  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
WC Resembles Custer's Last Stand
A Ushenina vs Kosteniuk, 2008  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 26 moves, 0-1
QID pawn roller, doubled rooks, Qf3 block/sac offer
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1
There is a whole lot to like about this attack!
M Esserman vs V Martirosov, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
A remarkable 16-move crush of an IM.
M Esserman vs J Sarkar, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 16 moves, 1-0
QGA Classical Defense. Main Lines (D27) 1-0 Qless middlegame
Bacrot vs Dominguez Perez, 2008  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr Gubinsky-Melts Def. 5.Ne5 (B01) 1-0 Rxg7 & pin win
H Ni vs Tiviakov, 2008  (B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Kan. Wing Attack (B43) 1-0 Bone in the throat finish
J Friedel vs M de Jong, 2009  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 23 moves, 1-0
NY Times chess column analyzes this game
Dominguez Perez vs Karjakin, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55) 1-0 Deflection or Pin
Movsesian vs Adams, 2009  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (B01) 1-0 Dbl Rooks
So vs D Laylo, 2009  (B01) Scandinavian, 51 moves, 1-0
KID Normal. Rare Defenses. CONTRADICTION (E90) 1/2-1/2Mad Rook
H Grooten vs Nijboer, 2009  (E90) King's Indian, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System (D02) 0-1 Backward pawn lesson
H Nalbantoglu vs P Batinic, 2010 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
The Black bishop and passer are pinned from behind, can't promo
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2010  (A10) English, 59 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) 1-0 Eccentric Chess
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Sic Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Panov (B76) 0-1 Outrageous swindle
Efimenko vs R Forster, 2011  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 43 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf Var (B94) 1-0 Impressive Demolition
Kotronias vs D Xiu, 2011  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Highly entertaining, but bizarre
Navara vs Ganguly, 2011  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
Slav: Quiet Var. Schallopp Def (D12) 1-0Black couldn't finalize
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def: Fianchetto Variation (A62) 0-1 A painful intrusion
J Cori vs F Vallejo Pons, 2011  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 46 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Rook sac busts pawns
G Jones vs C Boikanyo, 2011  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox Variation (E94) 0-1 B&P traps Rook
Gelfand vs Radjabov, 2012 (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 56 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
D Radulovic vs S Atalik, 2012  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 1-0 f7 demolished!
V Vorotnikov vs B Adhiban, 2012  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Sic 2.c3 Alapin, Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Fabulous penetration
Stripunsky vs N Managadze, 2012  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 30 moves, 1-0
Sic 2.c3 Alapin, Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 White rook rides high!
Tiviakov vs Lagno, 2012  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 38 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3..Qd8-Ilundain (B01) 0-1 R action dictates outcome.
S Sop vs G Koskoska, 2012  (B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 0-1
QGA Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 1-0 A Backdoor Arabian #
L Schandorff vs R E Andersen, 2012  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0
Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check line (C58) 1-0Shrewd R Sac
M Kravtsiv vs J Radulski, 2012  (C58) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld, Brinckmann Attk (D82) 1/2-Another corner K stalemate
Cmilyte vs Lagno, 2012  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Remarkable Forced Stalemate Between Two Computers
Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Kan. Knight Variation (B43) 0-1 Back rank mate
A G R Moen vs Topalov, 2013  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Tactical pawn manipulation
G Jones vs J Reid, 2013  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 34 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack (D00)Instructive EG; R interpose to protect passer
Jobava vs Korneev, 2014  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
C-K Advance Short Variation (B12) 0-1 Connect on the 1st rank
T Petenyi vs Bacrot, 2014  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Cntr Cntr, Bronstein Var (B01) 1-0 Two pins are too much
J Lenier vs R Hughes, 2014  (B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack Classical Var (A01) 1-0 Kside attack, R EG
Nakamura vs Aronian, 2014  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 78 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 1-0 Hole on 6th, Pin on 7th
Nakamura vs Kryvoruchko, 2014 (A02) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Looks like a tennis match; "Modern Chess Opening Traps."
A Feuerstein vs Bennett, 1955  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
"Garry-go-Round" (game of the day Oct-22-2015)
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982  (A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
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