A queen and rook sacrifice forces a draw
L Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Offered rook sacrifice
Reshevsky vs Geller, 1953  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen sacrifice to force a draw
J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round the maypole...
Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
A great knight sac to draw
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1934  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Oops!"
Karpov vs J Polgar, 1998  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black pursues stalemate - and finally gets it!
E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
Leg it!!!
Y Nikolaevsky vs Taimanov, 1967  (A10) English, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
A queen and pawn sac to get stalemate
Anand vs Dreev, 1991  (C11) French, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another annoying rook
S Ernst vs Stellwagen, 2003  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
How to draw against Kasparov
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
A superb stalemate
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beautiful...
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
The player with "9 lives" strikes again...
Schlechter vs Janowski, 1907  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
An annoying rook...
Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Very cleverly played
E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Victimized by his own greed"
Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rook harassment
Miles vs S Rachels, 1989  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Check it out!!! (awful pun intended)
Kramnik vs Anand, 2004  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Perpetual...
I A Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Outrageous!"
Bronstein vs Deep Blue, 1996  (B20) Sicilian, 34 moves
Another rook sac
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2
"The crowd-pleaser"
Anand vs Kasparov, 1996  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
An attempted draw from a crazy rook
Cordel / Minckwitz / Allies vs Anderssen / Goering / Allies, 1871  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 67 moves, 1-0
A nice queen and rook sac to draw
J Pribyl vs A Ornstein, 1977  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Take me!
Portisch vs Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Promotes to a queen - then sacs it
V F Titenko vs J Murey, 1963  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
The great escape
S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
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