Legal's mate variation with king mated in center of board. Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0 Judit Polgar punishes Anand's 23...Bxh4?! J Polgar vs Anand, 2003  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0 Black blocades and removes two isolated pawns. Bacrot vs Morozevich, 2003  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 43 moves, 0-1 Winning with the extra piece against three extra pawns M Umansky vs F Baumbach, 2001  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 1-0 Extra pawns are useless to Berliner's uncastled king. V Palciauskas vs H Berliner, 2001  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1-0 41. Rxf7+ gives up rook for a knight and passed pawn. H Berliner vs J Sloth, 2001  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 44 moves, 1-0 Two rooks beat back black's queenside pawn roll. F Baumbach vs J Sloth, 2001  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0 Lowenthal misses two wins against Morphy. Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0 Strength of two rooks versus a queen in the middle game. H Ruthenberg vs Miles, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 31 moves, 0-1 White finds a great defense against discovered check threat. C Laird vs M Basman, 1982  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1 16...Nxf5 -- a knight sac to wreck white's pawn structure Zhao Xue / Short vs Xie Jun / Bareev, 2003  (A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1 McShane combines defense and attack at moves 22, 23 & 24 McShane vs F Tairi, 2003  (B54) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0 Black exploits a white king-side pawn weakeness. J Hector vs P H Nielsen, 2003  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 0-1 Look for quiet moves like 16. ..c3 in mating combinations. Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0 Spielman has five pretty winning combinations on move 22. Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 Exploiting a white space advantage in the King's Indian. P H Nielsen vs E Mortensen, 1999  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 36 moves, 1-0 Anand misses a sure win at move 52 and draws with 52. Rf8?? Anand vs Ponomariov, 2003  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Blackburne's Blindfold Brilliance! Blackburne vs NN, 1863   (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0 Mating attack for white early in the two knights defense. A Kapengut vs Antoshin, 1965  (C56) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0 Fischer's Opponent Misses a good defensive move in 21. h4 K Blake vs Fischer, 1956  (B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 20 moves, 0-1 21. Qc4! creates winning threat with Queen vs. Queen. P J Sowray vs S Depauw, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0 35. g4! 36. Kh4 & interesting Economics discussion Petrosian vs T Prokhorovich, 1957  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 Nice minor piece mate in three on Black's 39th move J Rowson vs I Sokolov, 2003  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 0-1 25. ? White to mate in four . Stein vs V Liberzon, 1965  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 25. Qc5! and 26. Rg8!! simultaneously defend and attack. G Botterill vs N Littlewood, 1968  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 9...f5 sets a trap to win two pieces for the Rook. S Eche vs M Lupu, 2001  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 20 moves, 0-1 11. h4 opens the h file for multiple sacs and mate. Breyer vs J Esser, 1917   (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0 41....Black to move on final combination to # or win material. A Matanovic vs A Fuderer, 1950  (B58) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1 23. Rxd5!! Brilliant Positional Sacrifice in French Advance. C Dolezal vs N Seferjan, 2001  (C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 1-0 Is 9...Nxc3!? really equalizing or did Fritz 8 Goof? M Monticelli vs L Prokes, 1926  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 Black blunders, missing an easy equalizing opportunity.. Bacrot vs E Bricard, 2002  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 40 moves, 1-0 23. Bb2!! and another Tal Brilliancy Tal vs Unzicker, 1960  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 25 moves, 1-0 Under Promote and Mate Gulko vs K Grigorian, 1971  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 40 moves, 1-0 12. Bd5 is easy but the followup takes a bit more work! Janowski vs E Schallopp, 1896  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 31...fxg3! and 32..h4!! sacrifice Q for R + B # threat win K Rogoff vs Portisch, 1976  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 28. QxR! pseudo sac puts two Black pieces enprise Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0 54...Bh6 !! wins, but be ready for 55. Rc7+ !? L Vizantiadis vs O Sarapu, 1972  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 0-1 41...Qg3 Karlzen's suggestion wins better than 41...QxR Miles vs Uhlmann, 1976  (A10) English, 43 moves, 0-1 42. Nd5! creates winning Pin threat of 43. Re4! Deep Junior vs Crafty, 2004  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 56 moves, 1-0 43. Nd5!! Breaking Communications or Interference.. Y Piskov vs Krasenkow, 1989  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 43 moves, 1-0 39...Qd5+! leads to stalemate via tripple deflection S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 24...h6! was a missed opportunity to Draw Tal vs R Forbis, 1988  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 30. c4! wrecks Black's queenside Anand vs Karpov, 2004  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 13. Bc4!! leaves Black brillinatly busted S P Johnston vs Marshall, 1899  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0 44 games