Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs W Cohn, 1882  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
what a gambit
C Formby vs E Rainieri, 1996  (C46) Three Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
a sublime finish, verging on the vertiginous
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
an unusual opening and a blizzard of tactics
E Diemer vs A Schuppler, 1937  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Diemer does it again
E Diemer vs Burger / Bartsch, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
J Rowson vs de Firmian, 2003  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Yudasin, 1994  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 36 moves, 1-0
Sosonko vs S Polgar, 1991  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 20 moves, 1-0
J Foldi vs I Bilek, 1970  (B40) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1
Kasparov outplayed as black in the Sicilian
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
yowser!
R in 't Veld vs J Ceko, 2001 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Vera Menchik plays a blinder
F Lazard vs Menchik, 1929  (A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 0-1
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