Sacrifice to open lines
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Punishment for losing time in the opening
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Exchanging to prevent castling
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Lack of Harmony
Chigorin vs Salwe, 1906  (C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
A practical decision
E Gereben vs Spielmann, 1934  (D94) Grunfeld, 35 moves, 0-1
Opening or middle game?
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1939  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Unexpected sacrifice
Kholmov vs Keres, 1959  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Nowhere to hide
Fischer vs J Rubinetti, 1970  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 24 moves, 1-0
Pursuit
S Tatai vs Karpov, 1977  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1
Suicide
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
Is castling necessary?
Kmoch vs Alekhine, 1922  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 0-1
Harmonious regrouping
Kotov vs Keres, 1950  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
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