Classical strangulation with White Knights playing lead roles
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
White's king hunted through his position
Tartakower vs Burn, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
KGA 3.Bc4?! goes wrong for white. Very wrong.
V Nenarokov vs V Sozin, 1925  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
Petrosian clobbered on his kingside
Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Brutal kingside att by Mikey that lasts for decades
Polgar vs Adams, 1999  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 45 moves, 0-1
A queen sac for two pieces right after the opening
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
K-side attack from Q-side opening, forcefully executed
Flohr vs S Landau, 1930  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Black multi-sac attack. Classical
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
One of Shirov's 'Fire on board' games
Shirov vs G Flear, 2005  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
French game defensive? Nice king-hunt
D Howell vs J Levitt, 2005  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
How to attack in a French with ...c4
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Great attack in closed RL against undefended King
Gligoric vs P Bidev, 1946  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
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