28. Rh5!!
Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Tal, 1973  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1
18.Ne5xc6! 3 pawns, the initiave, space advantage for the piece
Caruana vs A Giri, 2012  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Nezh attacks, great beauty and coordination from move 20
Nezhmetdinov vs Chistiakov, 1956  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 31 moves, 1-0
Bizarre draw - 23d century chess
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Off-beat Caro-Kann, both sides trade queens for pieces
I Nepomniachtchi vs D Andreikin, 2012  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Positional squeeze and finish with devastating double check
Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969  (B10) Caro-Kann, 44 moves, 1-0
Karpov dances on the light squares, incidentally kills Kasparov
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Endgame: temp pawn sac, knight over bishop in open position
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0
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