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My favorites
Compiled by radu stancu
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Some of my favorite games.

Blackburne bishop power.
Blackburne vs Gunsberg, 1883 
(C45) Scotch Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Another nekkid king.
Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1

Piece developpement?! Puah!
Janowski vs Marshall, 1912 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Sacrifices for a noble cause
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1

En passant
Kudrin vs R Douven, 1989 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 51 moves, 1-0

N Katishonok vs H Gulbis, 1989 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs T H Tylor, 1937 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936 
(A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1

C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0

Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1

K Spraggett vs F South, 1976 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

L Prins vs L Day, 1968 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

O Adu vs B Lugo, 2004 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0

P Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1

R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

S Hamel vs De Vere, 1867 
(B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

W Kobese vs Leko, 2001 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 59 moves, 1-0

Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Claes vs F Denys, 1986 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0

Keene vs V Kovacevic, 1973  
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1

Keene vs Robatsch, 1971  
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0

Gligoric vs Petrosian, 1954 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1

I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  
(C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Tal vs Suetin, 1969 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0

E Diemer vs Portz, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984 
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs Dzindzichashvili, 1967 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

D Mastrovasilis vs C Lutz, 1999 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Leko, 2001 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 44 moves, 0-1

Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1

S Siyuan vs E Schiller, 2005  
(A13) English, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Short vs Timman, 1991 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1952 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Robatsch vs Suttles, 1974 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 42 moves, 0-1

Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 55 moves, 0-1

Timman vs Kasparov, 1985 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

P Schroter vs H Ludwig, 1932 
(B01) Scandinavian, 18 moves, 0-1

Tal vs D Keller, 1959 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

Sveshnikov vs Yurtaev, 1975 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 43 moves, 1-0

Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Lautier vs J Degraeve, 2005 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 39 moves, 0-1

Gligoric vs P Bidev, 1946 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0

Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

D Minic vs A Planinc, 1975 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

L Vizantiadis vs Pachman, 1967 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1

Miles vs C Pritchett, 1982 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Granda Zuniga vs Kamsky, 1996 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

Granda Zuniga vs Beliavsky, 2002 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0

Granda Zuniga vs Seirawan, 1993 
(A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0

Granda Zuniga vs L Rojas Keim, 2004 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 32 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Lautier, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

M Leconte vs A Skripchenko, 2001 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 0-1

R Winsnes vs Krasenkow, 1989 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Rublevsky, 2004 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0

C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

40...Kg7!
G Stoltz vs Alekhine, 1931 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0

Geller vs Keres, 1973 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 
(B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Petrosian, 1959 
(B56) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

Topalov vs Karpov, 2000 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 74 moves, 1-0

A Shvedchikov vs Yermolinsky, 1981 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 18 moves, 0-1

Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1

Nakamura vs J W Loyte, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0

O Chajes vs Gruenfeld, 1923 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 120 moves, 0-1

I Sokolov vs Bologan, 2006 
(E77) King's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Vaganian vs Kupreichik, 1974 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

P Aderito vs L E Johannessen, 2006 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 0-1

Wojtkiewicz vs S Skembris, 1990 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0

A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

Polgar vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946 
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 31 moves, 0-1

Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 
(E97) King's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1

Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

Shabalov vs Bologan, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 76 moves, 0-1

Two losing queens
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1

Three queens are not enough
Belov vs V Prohorov, 1991 
(E97) King's Indian, 82 moves, 0-1

Z Mackic vs A Maksimenko, 1994 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 0-1

Radjabov vs Anand, 2002 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

Shulman vs M Marin, 2009 
(D85) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1

I Novikov vs Tukmakov, 1984 
(D85) Grunfeld, 60 moves, 1-0

I Ivanov vs Miles, 1982 
(A15) English, 40 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2010 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 54 moves, 1-0

Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998 
(D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0

Nakamura vs Robson, 2012 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 1-0

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