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BRILLIANT!
Compiled by Korora
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Brilliant series of sacs
H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919  
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Game of the [Twentieth] Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

Brilliancies don't always prevail, however.
Sliwa vs Bronstein, 1957 
(A81) Dutch, 29 moves, 1-0

Amazing Q sac on move 12!
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

29. Qf4!
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0

A swindle aided by patiently faked time trouble.
Pachman vs Z Doda, 1965 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0

Both sides played brilliantly, but Larsen a little more so.
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

47. Ng2!!
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0

Discovering a perpetual in a position previously thought lost.
Sax vs Seirawan, 1988 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

To sac a draw from the jaws of defeat
S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992 
(C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

96...Kd5!! creates a zugzwang in what would otherwise be drawn.
Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 96 moves, 0-1

Underpromotion to get out of a jam!
N Huschenbeth vs R Swinkels, 2008 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

AMAZING Q-sac on move 9!
Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1

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