15...Nxf2! starts a 17-move sequence (21...Rxf3+!, 28...Re4!) D Zagorskis vs Sadler, 1998  (A10) English, 32 moves, 0-1 Queen-sac with 28.g6!! won the Best Game for Bundesliga 2016! Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016  (B50) Sicilian, 78 moves, 1-0 Aronian's superb 9.Nxb5?! leads to 27.Bxe7+! and 28.Rxd5!! Aronian vs V Popov, 2005  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0 Awe-ronian is left with only Rook and Queen on savage king hunt Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 Kramnik's 17.Be7!! starts a 24-move sequence of domination! Kramnik vs Vocaturo, 2016  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 41 moves, 1-0 23.Qxa4!! begins the annihilation of the King in the center! P Bersamina vs T Taalaibekov, 2016  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0 15...Qxd1+! gets R+N and a King that won't find shelter. Pachman vs Petrosian, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1 19...0-0! sacs Queen but White King perishes on an empty board. Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1 12...Bh3! clears the path for the Rooks to keep King on center. W Schmidt vs A Kuligowski, 1978  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 0-1 Remembrance of Bobotsov-Tal with the King stuck in the center! A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1 Queen sac for ONLY 2 pieces and a long fight. Newborn classic! B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017  (A47) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1 17.Nxh5 sacs Queen for an interesting attack (Missed 26...Qf2!) K Treybal vs F Kafka, 1921  (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0 Smagin vs D Sahovic, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0 Kholmov vs Lutikov, 1976  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 Shirov vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003  (C41) Philidor Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 Morozevich vs Leko, 2012  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0 Alekhine / LaMothe vs Blanchard / Cartier / Manseau / Ma, 1923  (B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 1-0 Gligoric vs Bobotsov, 1960  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0 16.Qxc8+! leads to fantastic 56-move struggle w/ 3 passed Pawns Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 Speculative 15...Ne5! punishes White's careless opening play So vs Aronian, 2015  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 28 moves, 0-1 "Chessboard Magic!" composers never composed such middlegame. F Herrmann vs H Hussong, 1930  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1 15...h5!! sacs Knight for the sake of brutal attack on g-h file H Wang vs S Megaranto, 2007  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 0-1 Y Shen vs J Zhou, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1 13.Qxc8+?! Sac traps King in center and movilises the reserves M Petrosyan vs S Pavlov, 2017  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0 24.Nxg4! blows King's shelter who perishes after ten moves. Keres vs E Walther, 1964  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 36 moves, 1-0 Queen sac with a nice windmill forces a winning endgame L'Ami vs Van Wely, 2017  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 45 moves, 1-0 Insane Queen sac leads to a -almost- positional domination. M Ashley vs S Weeramantry, 1991  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0 B Zueger vs Kasparov, 1987  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1 Tal-fashioned 14.Nxe6!? in the Sicilian it's still raging today K Shirazi vs C Kleijn, 2006  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 29 moves, 1-0 18...Nd5!! empowers pawn chain and positional domination M Fette vs B Perenyi, 1985  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 51 moves, 0-1 Dominguez Perez vs Radjabov, 2004  (B30) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 Smirin vs Short, 1992  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0 M Mchedlishvili vs R Sangma, 2014  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1 15...Bxh3!? Audacity against World Champion pays off! Carlsen vs X Bu, 2017  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 0-1 H Wang vs Ding Liren, 2010  (C11) French, 54 moves, 0-1 Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 P Littlewood vs D Norwood, 1985  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 43 moves, 0-1 J Grefe vs Browne, 1973  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 Suetin vs Bagirov, 1963  (B83) Sicilian, 84 moves, 1-0 Timman vs Lombardy, 1974  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 40 moves, 0-1 V Rauzer vs V Makogonov, 1934  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 57 moves, 1-0 Tal vs B Dudley, 1964  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0 G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952  (A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi vs Salov, 1987  (E17) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 1-0 P H Nielsen vs T Hillarp Persson, 1998  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1 Granda Zuniga vs Seirawan, 1993  (A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0 Morozevich vs McShane, 2001  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 35 moves, 1-0 16.d5! Bxd5 17.Rxd5!? settles for a dynamic middlegame M Gurevich vs R Ovetchkin, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 15.g5! and 16.Nxg5! Wei Yi vs Navara, 2016  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Miles vs de Firmian, 1990  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 37 moves, 0-1 12.Nxa4?! strengths Qside pawns advance 'til 21...0-0? crumbles S Chanda vs Ivanchuk, 2018  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 23 moves, 1-0 Kramnik's 25.Rxe5?!? provokes Black's crumbling in 16 moves Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 Viktor's dubious 22...Bxh6?!? pays off against weak opposition Filip vs Korchnoi, 1954  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 56 moves, 0-1 J Pallesen vs J Aagaard, 2002  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 26 moves, 0-1 S Kindermann vs A Yusupov, 1995  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 82 moves, 0-1 R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1 R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 30.e5!? sacs a pawn on the most protected square for open lines Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0 Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 N Krogius vs Stein, 1960  (E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 M Paragua vs Debashis Das, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 Panov vs Bondarevsky, 1937  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 30 moves, 0-1 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0 30.Rxc5! reaches an interesting endgame where the pawns decide A Liang vs Z Izoria, 2018  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 67 moves, 1-0 J Diez del Corral vs Korchnoi, 1978  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 32 moves, 0-1 Kasparov vs Larsen, 1982  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 39 moves, 1-0 E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1 Smyslov vs Gufeld, 1967  (A15) English, 35 moves, 0-1 B G Smith vs V Laznicka, 2010  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 0-1 V Kuznetsov vs G Gajewski, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1 Carlsen vs Navara, 2018  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 1-0 A Beliavsky vs Kasparov, 1988  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 29 moves, 0-1 P Mutesi vs A Miladi, 2016  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 1-0 27.h4!?!? sacs Queen for a witty net on the King G Barbero vs A Nascimento, 1990  (A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 G Barbero vs Seirawan, 1978 (A04) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 E Cordova vs A Ipatov, 2017  (A15) English, 55 moves, 1-0 Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1 Aronian vs Giri, 2017  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 Epishin vs Short, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1 81 games