Nice Windmill
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
There goes the king!
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Genial unorthodoxness
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Supersacrifice!
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
One of the most amazing moves of the century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Quiet but brilliant finish
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
The king marches to the second rank
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
The first Evans gambit
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1827  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
the 'golden' move
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Second Evans Gambit
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1833  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Nice sacrifice by Junior
Kasparov vs Deep Junior, 2003  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Probably the most known chess game ever
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Brilliant finnish!
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Finnishing with style
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
A queen sac just to avoid a draw!
R Toran vs Tal, 1961  (A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1
Nice tactic
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900  (C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Colle vs J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
S Landau vs E Book, 1937  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Rxb3!!
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1
von der Lasa vs Bledow, 1837  (A80) Dutch, 37 moves, 0-1
Nxf2!!
B Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957  (A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 27 moves, 0-1
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