Romantic era
Blackburne vs Mackenzie, 1882  (C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
A Dadian vs Boulitchoff, 1882  (C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Mackenzie vs Mason, 1878  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
V Sjoberg vs Duras, 1909  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Torre vs N Banks, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Before Computers
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Koblents, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 22 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Filip vs Petrosian, 1965  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Short vs R J Miles, 1976  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
O Udris vs Tal, 1953  (A60) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
O Neikirch vs Larsen, 1958  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 72 moves, 0-1
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Vladimirov vs Epishin, 1987  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Alburt, 1977  (A58) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
M Ashley vs S Weeramantry, 1991  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0
T C Fox vs Timman, 1970  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 0-1
J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
K Spraggett vs F South, 1976  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
V Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
I Bilek vs Gligoric, 1972  (A16) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Modern games
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Leko vs Kramnik, 2004  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
A Skripchenko vs Fressinet, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs M Leskovar, 1992  (B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 1-0
D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 36 moves, 0-1
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
J Adamski vs A Backlund, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 49 moves, 1-0
H Wang vs E Inarkiev, 2008  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 43 moves, 1-0
R Swinkels vs C Li, 2010  (A15) English, 46 moves, 0-1
X Bu vs E Gasanov, 2010  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 60 moves, 1-0
Black loses his Queen early but manages to win a QvN endgame
J L Burden vs L Christiansen, 1992  (B06) Robatsch, 68 moves, 0-1
A double Queen sacrifice forcing mate!
A Sznapik vs Balashov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 68 moves, 0-1
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