Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
M Marks vs H Meyer, 1871  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
W Strum vs J McManus, 1997  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 40 moves, 1-0
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
sac sac mate!
Carlsen vs L Drabke, 2003  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Marshall vs W E Napier, 1898  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 52 moves, 1-0
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
queen sac
J Pinter vs C Thomson, 1989  (E17) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
instructive rook ending
Andersson vs Leko, 1996  (A15) English, 91 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
pawn attack!
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Tal vs NN, 1975  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 20 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Denker, 1936  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 37 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Kasparov, 1992  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 33 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs A Cruz, 1941  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
King dominates
Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
eye of the tiger
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
beautiful and instructive middlegame
H Steiner vs Euwe, 1948  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Averbakh vs Taimanov, 1953  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
mating net
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
back from behind
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956  (A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
marching soldier
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
A queen for a king
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960  (E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
King meets king
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Beautiful Windmill
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
beautiful, tactical forced mate
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
crazy attack
A Dadian vs M Bitcham, 1892  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Ljubojevic, 1975  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 27 moves, 0-1
L Day vs E Macskasy, 1975  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
on the attack
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Kasparov, 1991  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 29 moves, 1-0
Nice minature...whatup tactics
A Blackmar vs A Lapeyre, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs P Meitner, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
T C Fox vs Timman, 1970  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 0-1
Beautiful mating net
J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Koblents, 1961  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 32 moves, 1-0
G Mititelu vs Tal, 1958  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
calculate
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
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