Two knights invade the king's lair
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Adolf and his own version of the blitzkrieg
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi skorches Tal
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Queen sac puts Black King into the open
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Another Byrne falls
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Magnificent Magnus
Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
W N Potter vs Matthews, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Another king hunt
I Kopylov vs S Korolev, 1981  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 36 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
The Charge of the Russian Cavalry
Rublevsky vs S Grigoriants, 2007  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
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