mirrored openings, strong attack on pawns by W
F Serban vs V Turkov, 2015  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
Vera Menchik Black
S F Smith vs Menchik, 1927 (B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0
sacrificial orgy, most aggressive castle ever
C Hartlaub vs W Benary, 1911  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Judit loses quickly to white trade attack
Hort vs Polgar, 1987  (A58) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
my most familiar opening
Mephisto vs Gunsberg, 1878  (C52) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0
brilliant and entertaining attack! to heck w pawns!
Marshall vs A Haida, 1925  (B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense - fantastic black attack!
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
My king of wear-down with White attacks
J Mishook vs O Tenner, 1923  (C41) Philidor Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
ultr classic beginning
J Penrose vs B Soderborg, 1959  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
a beloved queen's pawn game from 1895
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
amazing symmetry til a fatal pawn trap
Ragozin vs V Sozin, 1937  (A28) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Bobby plays with his king; who is this Mednis?
Fischer vs E Mednis, 1962  (C18) French, Winawer, 73 moves, 0-1
heavy notes
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
This is extraordinary not least because you can see it!
Fischer vs D Minic, 1968  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
end game to the end after symmetrical English
K Alekseenko vs V Fedoseev, 2009  (B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 90 moves, 0-1
wow
Spassky vs A Reshko, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 30 moves, 1-0
Black plays for draw w Q trade but King offense wins
Portisch vs A Saidy, 1972  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Judit sacrifices TWO knights and gets both back in the end
Polgar vs Anand, 1999  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
bishops for knights - a broken white defense
O Jackson vs Adams, 1991  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
old-fashioned push and dive, with a timely queen trade
Nunn vs Bronstein, 1975  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 20 moves, 0-1
"normal"player beats magnus w B. screw the haters -its a sporti
Carlsen vs H Strand, 2008  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1
gorgeous sacrifices, one after another, beautiful opening push
Y Zhou vs N Carr, 2013  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
behind on pieces - but not pawns!
M Karthikeyan vs M Matlakov, 2019  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 68 moves, 1-0
Knight seems to beat bishop - Q's almost to the end.
C Ross vs C Storey, 2009  (B27) Sicilian, 60 moves, 0-1
Kasparov anyway with black
Tukmakov vs Kasparov, 1981  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 29 moves, 0-1
the famous triple battery game
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
non-ruthless end game - puzzles galore
B Trabert vs T Grabuzova, 2001  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 103 moves, 0-1
A bishop for a round scouring by the Q
J Krzyszton vs J Nielsen, 1972  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
pin to fork - a fun game
D Freeman vs K McDonald, 2011  (A80) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
Alekhine masterpiece, 3 Q sacs!
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Bobby wins Black forcefully with a pawn snake!
E Nikolic vs Fischer, 1968  (A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1
best kibitzing ever on this schooling w trapped rook
Karpov vs Polgar, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0
David Bronstein, fascinating figure.
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
young Karpov ferrets out the end
Karpov vs P Markland, 1972  (C18) French, Winawer, 55 moves, 1-0
attrition done well
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1
Magnus loses to GM at 11, very readable!
O Hole vs Carlsen, 2002  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 60 moves, 1-0
open positions make Bs stronger in adroit trade down
Sax vs Anand, 1986  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 0-1
B beats W's poisoned pawn
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 0-1
pull and chase that Black K!
Fine vs M Epstein, 1945  (C57) Two Knights, 32 moves, 1-0
king on the run wins!
J S Morrison vs Euwe, 1922  (A48) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
Kings walking!
Fischer vs B Zuckerman, 1965  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 56 moves, 1-0
apparently a cliche of a Karpov whopping w/o queen
Karpov vs Timman, 1988  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0
Queen for a queen!! What a W assassination
C Lelievre vs M Francois, 2015  (B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
Q trade leads to Black rook attack
Borisenkov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1952  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 0-1
sometimes a master takes it step by step...
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0
Fried Liver knight sacrifice to move/expose king
Polerio vs Domenico, 1610  (C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
rook for a B skewers a queen
E Sedina vs M Muzychuk, 2006 (B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
B winds endgame w King
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 45 moves, 0-1
my kind of game, for better or worse
F Jenni vs P Carlsson, 2005  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
forked!
Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1956  (E15) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
classic Sicilian win
Sax vs J Gallagher, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 0-1
classic weardown to the slow end
P Popovic vs Gligoric, 1995  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 84 moves, 1-0
wouldn't give an inch but gave a mile
E Ermenkov vs M Marin, 1990 (C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1
real discussion of strategy!
D Bailey vs L Day, 1988  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 51 moves, 0-1
brave w trades away
L Engels vs K Richter, 1935  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 48 moves, 1-0
Young Fischer loses badly
H Avram vs Fischer, 1957  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 43 moves, 1-0
rooked!
Korchnoi vs Romanishin, 1992  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 28 moves, 1-0
methodical attrition
Vachier-Lagrave vs T Abergel, 2000 (B89) Sicilian, 66 moves, 0-1
even pieces, one exposed K
A Dueckstein vs Botvinnik, 1958  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 51 moves, 1-0
Well that was different. With a twist.
Blackburne vs Lush, 1885  (B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
French to the bitter end
O Horoschavina vs N Studer, 2012 (C12) French, McCutcheon, 75 moves, 0-1
10!Wow this is a Q sacrifice throttling with angular threats
A Kosten vs Chandler, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
methodical Black win with Sicilian
Karjakin vs A Mista, 2007  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 66 moves, 0-1
Gunderam Defense - lovely white offense with no Qs
B Amin vs I H Labib, 2001  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
Bobby toys with the machine
Mac Hack VI vs Fischer, 1977  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
now THAT's a draw.
Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2
pawn-driven end game w fun K=chasing
S Fazekas vs Pirc, 1936  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 56 moves, 1-0
"great fighting game from GM Gaprindashvili!"
N Gaprindashvili vs M Czerniak, 1971  (C11) French, 71 moves, 1-0
Queen-fueled chase-down, Capablanca notes
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0
classic game
Ljubojevic vs M K Wong, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 59 moves, 1-0
must be record kibtzng
F Vallejo Pons vs Carlsen, 2019  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 73 moves, 0-1
Bobby on tour
Fischer vs J Pascual, 1967  (B89) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs J Rubens, 1964  (C15) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 1-0
old fashioned Q push
O Bernstein vs J Mieses, 1904  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 49 moves, 1-0
triple battery and neat end maneuvers
C Crouch vs Z Harari, 2013  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 42 moves, 1-0
polr brstd Magnus's Polish opening
Wojtaszek vs Carlsen, 2023  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
a chess game w a bit of everything
L De Veauce vs Speelman, 1975  (A04) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
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