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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