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You let him attack you. Why would you do that?
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0

Petrov impaled
V Gashimov vs Gelfand, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 1-0

Restless knights
Fridman vs S Maze, 2006 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

Finding the weaknesses
A Gorovets vs Fedorov, 2005 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 20 moves, 0-1

Just asking for it!
Polgar vs Shirov, 1995 
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0

"A Real Problem Move"
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Four queens miniature
G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

Sac all four minors
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1

The poor Sicilian
Rozentalis vs B Barth Sahl, 1988 
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Rampaging Queens
Fischer vs C Powell, 1964 
(C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1

Taking him out of the Book
Alekhine vs E E Book, 1938 
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0

"Never assume..."
F Frilling vs J L Watson, 1969 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1

Deep Prep
J B Bjerre vs Dubov, 2019 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian short story
B Stein vs P Backwinkel, 1981 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

Double Rook Sac
Nisipeanu vs A Florean, 1995 
(C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0

Not Worth a Second Rook
Reti vs Euwe, 1920 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

We got him surrounded
Reti vs M Walter, 1925 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 24 moves, 1-0

The power of the double check
M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs B Baranov, 1953 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Ilyin Invasion
V Rauzer vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1937 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Broken Axel
Bachmann vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2016 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

Rauzer Attack
Dvoirys vs G Feher, 1991 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Horse racing
Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

The joy of sacs
C Hartlaub vs V Benary, 1911 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Burn Bobby Byrne
J Bellon Lopez vs R Byrne, 1975 
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

More to this than meets the eye
A Horvath vs A Tukhaev, 2017 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 21 moves, 0-1

Why you shouldn't open the e-file in front of your uncastled K
E Alekseev vs I Krush, 2013 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Piece Power In Chess
Kmoch vs L Prins, 1940 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 17 moves, 1-0

Trouble Dutch
A Moiseenko vs S Lu, 2014 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

How to take advantage of passive play.
Y Rantanen vs B Denman, 1972 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 20 moves, 1-0

The Perenyi Attack
Shirov vs Topalov, 2001 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Neat trap in the Sicilian Wing Gambit
Marshall vs Stodie, 1920 
(B20) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein's Immortal Game
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Box King Clever
F W Viney vs H Gook, 1926 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Just a very nice finish
F G Rowe vs W G Ward, 1876 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Koch sure
J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981 
(B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

King of the Hill
Ivanchuk vs Wei Yi, 2017 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

A nice scalp for the "English patzer"
Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011 
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1

The Nadanian Attack
A Nadanian vs Sakaev, 2001 
(D85) Grunfeld, 17 moves, 1-0

hors d'Euwe
Euwe vs Fischer, 1957 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Good Grief!
H Grieve vs D Gormally, 2022 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

As if from nowhere...
J Whitehead vs P Biyiasas, 1977 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

A modern disaster
A Tari vs M Niemi, 2022 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

Leepin Into the Fray
P Leepin vs P Mross, 1941 
(A16) English, 19 moves, 0-1

Polish to a shine
Sokolsky vs Strugatsch, 1958 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Postal strike
W Philipp vs I Schuett, 1980 
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 0-1

Koch sure
I Ivanov vs Nabeiev, 1974 
(B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

Ginger Spice
S Williams vs A Rakhmangulova, 2023 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

Stalemate so soon, and everything still on the board!
B Schnabel vs R Schnabel, 2019 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fressinet sparkles
Fressinet vs N Brunner, 2011 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

Not Nice for White
A Nicifor vs E Kramer, 1921 
(C48) Four Knights, 25 moves, 0-1

Teaching the expert
Van Wely vs Svidler, 2007 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0

A game that proved costly for Anand the following year?
Miles vs L Christiansen, 1987 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

The Evergreen
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Imagination
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964 
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Why not sac all your major pieces!
J Seoane vs I Prieto, 1986 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

Q sac for domination
Capablanca vs A Chase, 1922 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0

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