Gutsiest Game Ever Played!!
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Greed Kills!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Stunning move to end the game ...29 Qb2!!
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Dutch Dandy
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Black sacs a few Queens
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Tal's best?
Tal vs Simagin, 1956  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Take my Queen, I'll take yours later!
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Thunderstruck!
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Black's Knight Dominates
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Turning Point of the Match
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Your Queen is Mine!
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Pawn sacs lead to H file Death
Spassky vs Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Modern Day Classic
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 1992  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Overwhelming K side Attack
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1934  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 28 moves, 0-1
Tal attacks the pinned piece
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Awesome Endgame
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1
Spassky Domination
Spassky vs Pilnik, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
The Feind has offered his Queen
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Windmill!
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Tal mates with the Bishop on h8
Tal vs Y Rantanen, 1979  (B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Two of my alltime favorites mano a mano
Spassky vs Tal, 1979  (E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Mighty Muzio
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
E file Overload
Spassky vs Averbakh, 1955  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Morphy Masterpiece
Morphy vs G W Medley, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Dutch Doozy
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Fabulous King Hunt by Black
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
The Ultimate Queen Sacrifice
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Tal Masterpiece
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Brilliant Queen Sac
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Immortal Straightjacket
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Wow!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Crushing
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Morphy Queen Sac
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Total Sacrificial Fury
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Opera House
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Best ever Simul; had to be Tal
Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Nakamura's Immortal
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Total Paralysis because of the Pin
J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
Material means nothing, the initiative is all that matters
Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Two exchange sacs and a stunning combination by Petrosian
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch masterpiece
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Non stop intermezzo game.
Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
Typical Tal Domination
Tal vs K Klaman, 1957  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 34 moves, 1-0
Danish Immortal
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Bronstein shows the value of the initiative.
Bronstein vs Keres, 1955  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Masterful attack by Petrosian
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Anand’s Immortal
Anand vs Caruana, 2017  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 29 moves, 1-0
Under appreciated gem by Super Nez
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
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