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Tal sacrifices multiple pieces
Tal vs D Keller, 1959 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit transitioning to endgame advantage
D Pruess vs W Shipman, 1998 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0

Two exchange sacrifices to produce connected passed pawns
Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1

Queen sacrifice
Y Gusev vs Averbakh, 1946 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 37 moves, 1-0

24 Nxd7 wins even faster, but is not as much fun
Botvinnik vs Chekhover, 1935 
(A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Vintage Tal defeating Karpov
Tal vs Karpov, 1987 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0

Outstanding classical back rank checkmate
E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Vintage Tal
Tal vs Simagin, 1956 
(B06) Robatsch, 45 moves, 1-0

Tal makes multiple sacrifices and wins in 20 moves with black
J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1

Tal being Tal
R Toran Albero vs Tal, 1961 
(A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1

Nezh queen sacrifice
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1

Bronstein at 65 crushes Walter Browne
Bronstein vs Browne, 1990 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

Tal crushes Speelman
Tal vs Speelman, 1988 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0

Great Petrosian play vs Spassky
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Karpov crushes Timman
Timman vs Karpov, 1979 
(A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1

Muzio Gambit -- white wins
B Renaut vs NN, 1974 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

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