R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Positional squeeze suddenly becomes mating attack
Alekhine vs O Chajes, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 64 moves, 1-0
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Queen sac leads to double discovered check and beautiful mate
Keres vs Verbac, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Enjoy black's magnificent fireworks display
S Chanda vs Nisipeanu, 2004  (B44) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1
Black plays a double-pawn sacrifice of great depth
I Ivanisevic vs Nisipeanu, 2003  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1
Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Black dangles his king as bait and gives up a whole rook!
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Tigran Petrosian played this game! Seriously!!
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
White's castled position is struck by lightning
Spassky vs Tal, 1979  (E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
A masterful attack!
Sadvakasov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
This win seems to violate the laws of time and space
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Unique endgame attack
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
Beware the snapping turtle!
G Tringov vs Fischer, 1965  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 0-1
Nice queen sacrifice by Kramnik
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Tal at his most magical
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Spassky quickly dismantles Petrosian's castled position
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
Black's final move is jaw-dropping amazing.
Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1
Passed pawns must be pushed!
Tartakower vs R Domenech, 1934  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Pretty and pragmatic: the use of repetition gains clock time
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Panno, 1970  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Wizards' duel
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Remarkable queen sacrifice leads to unusual mate
T C Fox vs Timman, 1970  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 0-1
An elegant miniature from the young Morphy
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Positioning the opponent for the knockout punch
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
absolutely fabulous
K Helling vs L Engels, 1936  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Lasker kicks a--
Lasker vs Marshall, 1914  (C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
69...Be3 wins it for black
O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1
47...Bh3--the last move I would have considered.
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
Win one for the geezer
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0
Amazing mate from Super Nezh
N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
Nice finish from the 72-year-old Kholmov
V Malakhatko vs Kholmov, 1997  (A17) English, 45 moves, 0-1
Weird and wonderful, with amazing tactics from both sides
Benko vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0
unusual exploitation of back-rank weakness
A Parakrama vs Suttles, 1982  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 0-1
35 Bd5+!!
Vaganian vs T L Petrosian, 2004  (A15) English, 40 moves, 1-0
Another great game from Super Nezh
Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 28 moves, 0-1
Wild horses indeed.
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs NN, 1942  (C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
surprising endgame sacrifces
Karpov vs C Hansen, 1992  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0
oooo...pretty....
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
Amusing Queen Shuffle
M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
Wizards' duel II
Bronstein vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1957  (C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
Chucky punishes black's clunky development
Ivanchuk vs Van Wely, 2000  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 17 moves, 1-0
Tactics galore!
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Stung to death by a swarm of hornets.
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein gets the last laugh
P Johner vs Rubinstein, 1926  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Stunning tactics starting with 22 e5!!
D Sharavdorj vs R Akopian, 2007  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 28 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
The Uruguayan Immortal
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1
M Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
shazam!
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Black sees the attack coming in slo-mo and can't stop it.
Kotov vs Barcza, 1952  (E72) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Stein, 1972  (B57) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
White punishes black's violation of opening "rules"
R Hess vs A Ivanov, 2008  (B06) Robatsch, 31 moves, 1-0
Amazing tactics from both sides
R Nezhmetdinov vs Geller, 1954  (A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
Shirov didn't forget this game...
Shirov vs Andersson, 1991  (A04) Reti Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Geller, 1962  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
Another game with an amazing final move
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0
Up there with the all-time greats
Y Troinov vs L Popov, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Black's kingside is blasted to smithereens.
Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
J Caldas Vianna vs A S Paes de Barros, 1900  (C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
T Bakre vs B Zawadzka, 2004  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 27 moves, 0-1
F Goldschmied vs O Preinhaelter, 1916  (A80) Dutch, 20 moves, 1-0
W Potter vs Matthews, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Such a beautiful finish.
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
33. b5!!
Radjabov vs Kamsky, 2009  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Geller, 1959  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 1-0
H Rossetto vs Rossolimo, 1950  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 21 moves, 1-0
Remarkable play by Smyslov
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1959  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
A one-sided mauling, finishing with a pretty mate.
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
15 Nf4!!
I Kurnosov vs V Loginov, 2002  (B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs K Satzinger, 1914  (A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Amazing mate
E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili, 2003  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Oh what a Knight
Nisipeanu vs Radjabov, 2010  (B33) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0
A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Averbakh, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Lewis vs E L Dayton, 1942  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
Zhao Jun vs D Xiu, 2011  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0
P K Wells vs Y Habu, 2005  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Nice bishop sacrifice in the endgame
D Mayers vs D King, 1978  (A22) English, 40 moves, 0-1
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
J Whitehead vs P Biyiasas, 1977  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Very resourceful defense by black
Keres vs Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
D Byrne vs R Pitschak, 1953  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0
K Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
Remarkable stalemating combiantion
Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
One of those winning moves that comes out nowhere.
G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
A Ipatov vs Kramnik, 2013  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0
E Reichmann vs H Ullrich, 1961  (C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
N Evseev vs Flohr, 1949  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
A Timofeev vs Khismatullin, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
A Mengarini vs Bisguier, 1948  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
I didn't see that coming
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1966  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0
Remarkable positional queen sacrifice
Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019  (E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1
B Siff vs Kashdan, 1948  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
J Szmetan vs G Garcia Gonzalez, 1976  (B89) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
S Bartha vs G Kluger, 1979  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Not bad for a clunky 1970's computer.
Blitz vs Belle, 1978  (C48) Four Knights, 14 moves, 0-1
Devastating one-mover.
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
S Williams vs A Rakhmangulova, 2023  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
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