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brilliacies
Compiled by knight openings
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these are some brilliancies.

TIGRAN the tiger
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

SUPERDOOPERDOOPERDOOPERQUICK
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Bisguier beats the "Fischerman".
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956 
(E78) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0

karpov's immortal
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Kiril's best DRAW
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

game of the century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

LIGHNTNING AND THUNDER
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

OLYMPIC EFFORT
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982 
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1

The "tal queen sacrifice gambit" line of the kings indian
Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1

THE OLD LION STRIKES AGAIN
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0

THE 17 MOVE LARSEN CATASTROPHE
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

MORPHY'S PHILIDOR 'S(SMOTHERED)MATE
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0

all hail reti!!!!
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0

King tarrasch marched himself to F6.
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0

RETI PLAYS RETI OPENING AND DRAWS AGAINST RETI
Reti vs K Treybal, 1923 
(A14) English, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

larsen'y (THEFT) of the position with a great snake thrown in.
J G Nielsen vs Larsen, 1965 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 29 moves, 0-1

thrashing tarrasch
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0

Not a "Short" loss
Short vs Timman, 1991 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

Gellers queen sac against the winawer
Geller vs Karpov, 1976 
(C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0

How to destroy boris spassky
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Puzzle:how to repair the tiger lair
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

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

THE GRTEAT IMMORTAL LOSER
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

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

tartakower plays the line played after him
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1922 
(D57) Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hiding dragon, crouchin tigran
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1

"Like a rusty nail in your knee"
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

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

the historic 6th match game
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 1-0

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