25...Nh5!!, 28...Qxg2+!!: spectacular... Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1 Another brilliant modern king hunt! Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 Great display of courage by white and dazzling sacrifices! T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0 Bolt from the blue!!! J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 That, kids, is how you exploit back rank weaknesses. V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1 Tal. Enough said. J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1 Great game, great annotations! B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994   (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0 Brilliant sacrifice on h2 and follow-up! Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 Lovely attack and great finish! C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 RJF is just never done, is he? Fischer vs S Purevzhav, 1962  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 1-0 14. Rxe4!! leads to crushing attack. Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0 RJF makes it look too easy!! Fischer vs S Reuben, 1963  (B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 Great imagination... dazzling attack. B Mikyska vs Traxler, 1896  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 Great defence + counterattack by Naka... Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, 2014  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 What this game lacks in vowels, it makes up for in sacrifices! Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1 Absolute genius. Words fail to describe Tal. Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Talk about an all-out attack!! N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1 Tal. Tal vs Suetin, 1969  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0 That was artistry and butchery in perfect harmony! Zhao Jun vs D Xiu, 2011  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0 Najdorf simply annihilated in the Najdorf!! Keres vs Najdorf, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0 Wooooah! MVL The Beast is in the house!!! Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 34 moves, 0-1 Typical Morphy style! J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1 Wow, some fascinating complications! Short vs Giri, 2010  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0 Short and sweet demolition of the Berlin! Short vs A A Lopez, 2008  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 Fire on board using very little fuel! Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1 Typical Shirov madness!! Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 Shirov just goes completely off the hook, what's new in that? Gelfand vs Shirov, 2007  (D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 0-1 What's it with Shirov and exchange sacs? J Elbilia vs Shirov, 1993  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 22 moves, 0-1 "The explosive human calculator"... that's Shirov! Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 Electric!!! Grischuk vs Aronian, 2010  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 53 moves, 0-1 Harry the h-pawn! S Williams vs R Palliser, 2000 (E73) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0 Sergey smashes through in high-pressure game! Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0 Pretty neat little mate! N Fercec vs B Medak, 2000  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0 Picture-perfect Alekhine attack! Alekhine vs V Ostrogsky, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0 The Dark Knights: the Heroes black needed AND deserved! P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1 AWESOME!!! Wei Yi vs T Dao, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0 And THAT'S how you play the Velimirovic... Or not! Velimirovic vs J Sofrevski, 1965  (B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0 Forceful play at its best! Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914   (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0 I'd be VERY scared if I were white here! Gheorghiu vs Shirov, 1989  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 28 moves, 0-1 Brutal swindle... Marshall must have been devastated! Marshall vs Alekhine, 1914  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 24 moves, 0-1 Somewhere up there, Tal is smiling... So vs V Akobian, 2016  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 Impressive preparation... Caruana vs Robson, 2016  (C11) French, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 Now THAT'S a comeback! Ganguly vs Shirov, 2009  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 0-1 16...Nc6!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2 MVL channels Fischer to blow Giri away in the Najdorf! Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 0-1 Vishy shows he is still Vishy with an Alekhine-like demolition Anand vs Svidler, 2016  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0 One does not simply mess with MVL's Najdorf! Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1 Friggin' awesome by 15-year old Radjabov!! Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1 10/10 on crazy!! R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Simon's trademark French attack! Y Afek vs S Williams, 2008 (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 Overdose of "spicy chess" by the Ginger GM! S Bekker-Jensen vs S Williams, 2013  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1 That was sneaky as sneaky gets! S Williams vs M Hebden, 2006  (E77) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0 Ouch!!! That was sharp play! I Sokolov vs S Williams, 2006  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 37 moves, 0-1 The young MVL hands out a spectacular thrashing!! R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1 Tactics! O.O A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014  (A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1 Meier would probably take this memory to the grave! G Meier vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1 Mathematician MVL and Magnus prove that draw NOT = boring! Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2014  (C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 "Heard of your positional mastery. I. SIMPLY. DON'T CARE." Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0 Typical Tal craziness, but nicely converted in an endgame! Tal vs H Hecht, 1962  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0 The KID Saemisch ripped apart by the magician! Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 That fell apart quickly... why so? Ahhh... right. Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1 Smyslov hoped to reach an endgame... nada. Tal vs Smyslov, 1959  (B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0 Okay... just... brutal. Tal vs Larsen, 1965   (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0 Inviting a Tal attack in the Modern Benoni... NOT wise. B Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957  (A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 27 moves, 0-1 Absolute Killer KID by Naka... So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1 Owie!! M Aaron vs Fischer, 1962  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 29 moves, 0-1 Crash-bang-wallop-goodbye Larsen vs Fischer, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 KID lovers will enjoy this one! G Vescovi vs Radjabov, 2010  (E90) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1 Keeping cool against a Shirov attack... NOT easy! Shirov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2011  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1 Smasher Q-sac! Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2010  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 Amazing stuff... lot of fun! Beliavsky vs Nakamura, 2009  (E97) King's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 Misha's last bow Tal vs Kasparov, 1992  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 17 moves, 1-0 Epic queen-sac by Maxime in the Najdorf! Kosteniuk vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2008  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 48 moves, 0-1 Brutal hammering by the magician! Tukmakov vs Tal, 1969  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 28 moves, 0-1 Wow, that was an entertaining slugfest! Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0 Queen-sac town America! Caruana vs Nakamura, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 Yeowch! That must have stung REAL bad! Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0 Xerxes-style invasion... S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1 Evans gambit inaugurated by the man himself! Captain Evans vs McDonnell, 1827  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 And another for good measure! Captain Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 Cute little tactic to finish off! Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900  (C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0 One of the KID entrepreneurs at his finest! Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 31 moves, 0-1 Short and sweet! Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1 Quiet opening to explosive finish! N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 Should've swapped queens sooner!! J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1 Shirov loves his rooks enough to give them away! Lautier vs Shirov, 1990  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 Dominating with the KID... Vaganian vs Shirov, 1990  (E97) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1 Pinned and spinned! I Sokolov vs Shirov, 1999  (E97) King's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1 Double rooks on the 7th incoming! Van der Sterren vs Shirov, 1995  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 28 moves, 0-1 Lovely queen sac to finish!! Radjabov vs O Bortnyk, 2016  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0 Another cute one! D Howell vs D Debashis, 2016  (A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0 The Lightning Kid! Take a bow Vishy! Anand vs Dreev, 1995  (C00) French Defense, 44 moves, 1-0 Nice queen sac to liquidate into a winning position! Short vs W N Watson, 1986  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 Nice queen sac for a ton of compensation. Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 30 moves, 0-1 Great defensive queen-sac to turn the position on its head! E Fakhiridou vs O Gutmakher, 2007  (B32) Sicilian, 54 moves, 1-0 27...Qxh2+!! initiates lethal counterattack. I Cheparinov vs Navara, 2007  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1 Brilliant attack! Aronian vs Rapport, 2016  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 Boomtown! Mamedyarov vs S Lu, 2016  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0 Classic game with pretty final position! McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 Finish this with a couple of miniatures: a nice Traxler... S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 And a lightning-fast smashing of the Scandi! J Mieses vs J W Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1-0 101 games