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keypusher's bookmarked games
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Best game prize
Evans vs Rossolimo, 1965 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 71 moves, 0-1

Breaking the bind
Larsen vs Suba, 1982 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1

Karpov vs Chandler, 1984 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0

Chandler vs M Hebden, 2004 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 37 moves, 1-0

Worst bishop ever
Kasparov vs Sting, 2000 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0

Suffocation
Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Macieja vs M Bezold, 2001 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs K Treybal, 1930 
(A80) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0

J L Watson vs I Ivanov, 1983 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

L Christiansen vs Korchnoi, 1983 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Korchnoi vs D Gurevich, 1983 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 22 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs Seirawan, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk dragon
Ivanchuk vs R Felgaer, 2005 
(B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

karpov gets bishop pair, then trades it away for better pawns
Spassky vs Karpov, 1979 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

mysterious rook move by Kasparov
Kasparov vs Anand, 1996 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0

Legend of the Black Forest
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

The bad bishop's revenge
Lputian vs Salov, 1987
(A90) Dutch, 40 moves, 0-1

reversed benoni
Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961  
(A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Check, please!
Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0

kasparov's quickest win over karpov
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1

classic ending by alehkine
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1

Q+N v. 2R
Ivkov vs Korchnoi, 1957 
(C16) French, Winawer, 94 moves, 0-1

Zvjaginsev vs A Shariyazdanov, 2005 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 31 moves, 1-0

Come and get me!
Larsen vs J Betancort Curbelo, 1976 
(A36) English, 53 moves, 1-0

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

Botvinnik's positional exchange sacrifice in the winawer
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1

9 Ne2!
Ivanchuk vs Timman, 2003 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 21 moves, 1-0

Young Gary
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1981 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 0-1

Kasparov crushes Karpov's Caro-Kann
Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

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

early Kasparov sicilian
A Nikitin vs Kasparov, 1981 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Ivanchuk vs V Georgiev, 2001 
(B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0

Counterattack
Y Quesada Perez vs Ivanchuk, 2004 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Watson's knights
Harikrishna vs Ivanchuk, 2004 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 0-1

exchange sac
Seirawan vs Z Kozul, 1991 
(E77) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

Rook mobility
Karpov vs Miles, 1985 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 65 moves, 1-0

Karpov with a space advantage
Karpov vs Miles, 1992 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

karpov r+p ending from berlin defense
Karpov vs Miles, 1990 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

A rook and pawn ending for the ages
Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 73 moves, 1-0

never give up!
Topalov vs Morozevich, 2005 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

great fight by both players, wonderful resource from Topalov
Kasimdzhanov vs Topalov, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

great defense by topalov
Adams vs Topalov, 2005 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

The "positional" rook sacrifice
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922 
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1

Hort vs Chandler, 1982 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

chandler sacs
Chandler vs Short, 1981 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

Chandler vs R Henley, 1982 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0

underpromotion
Chandler vs Karpov, 1983 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 0-1

Chandler vs I Rogers, 1984 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

nice deflection sac
Chandler vs Vaganian, 1984 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

rook v. two minor pieces
Chandler vs Short, 1986 
(C01) French, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0

pillar to post
Chandler vs K Hulak, 1986
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0

another nice reversed benoni from larsen
Larsen vs Chandler, 1987 
(A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

J Sherwin vs Fischer, 1958 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 72 moves, 0-1

Karpov's calling card
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
(B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

The back rank
Karpov vs Spassky, 1975 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

Capablanca for the defense
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1

Creativity masquerading as technique
H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922  
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1

Tartakower vs Botvinnik, 1946 
(C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0

IQP Attack
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Lasker vs Maroczy, 1900 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

harbinger
Lasker vs Janowski, 1895  
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

Making R+P look easy
Short vs D Liu, 2004 
(B01) Scandinavian, 53 moves, 1-0

not THE Tartakower-Bogo game
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1929 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Originality plus tactics
J Piket vs G Welling, 1985 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Positional knight sacrifice
Ivanchuk vs S Volkov, 2005 
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0

Fitting tribute
Petrosian vs P M Nielsen, 1960  
(A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0

petrosian's queen moves
B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Larsen, 1960 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Euwe, 1953 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Stahlberg, 1953 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 67 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk vs K Kulaots, 2002 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0

Queen sacrifice
L Prins vs Rellstab, 1951 
(C27) Vienna Game, 41 moves, 1-0

Capablanca tribute
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1997 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1

Infiltration
Shirov vs Karpov, 1994 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

Overprotection
Botvinnik vs Uhlmann, 1956 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Keene vs M Basman, 1967  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

A world of chess
Shen Yang vs J Zhou, 2005 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1

Smothered mate with a twist
Sveshnikov vs I Ivanov, 1976 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Reversed Benoni
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

rook v. two bishops ending
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2000 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

The long march
L Bruzon Batista vs Ivanchuk, 2005 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 77 moves, 0-1

pre-Nimzowitsch
Winawer vs G Neumann, 1867 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 48 moves, 1-0

gipslis
A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Gipslis vs Savon, 1961 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Gipslis vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 0-1

Gipslis vs Y Rusakov, 1966
(B68) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7, 36 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs Gipslis, 1972 
(B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 0-1

Pawns beat queen
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

odds
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

tsunami
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  
(E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0

Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925  
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1

J Kruek vs Vasiukov, 2001 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

A tale of two knights
Vasiukov vs Vaganian, 1980 
(C00) French Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

b v. n ending
Spielmann vs Lasker, 1909 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

R+P ending
Lasker vs Spielmann, 1925  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0

B+R v. N+R ending
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0

N+ R v. R+B
Bogoljubov vs Lasker, 1924 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 71 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch plays Alekhine
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

as featured in My System
Lasker vs Salwe, 1909  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0

Double exchange sacrifice
Tartakower vs R Broadbent, 1946 
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

alekhine's four pawns, queen sac
S Abu Sufian vs C Garma, 2001 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

Capablanca loses to Evans
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2

classic R+P ending
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0

knight wheel
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924 
(A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0

Implacable
Capablanca vs Kostic, 1919 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 86 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs H E Atkins, 1922 
(C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Who was Atkins again?
H E Atkins vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

endless attack
G A Thomas vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1

rubinstein brilliancy prize
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

double queen sac
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893 
(C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Rook beats 2N endgame
Horwitz vs Bird, 1851 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 55 moves, 1-0

Swindle
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904 
(C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0

reculier pour mieux sauter
Petrosian vs Keres, 1952 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 36 moves, 1-0

Two queens lose against none
M Thinius vs V Beim, 1993 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Petrosian, 1950 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1

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

Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch gets clobbered by bishop pair
Vidmar vs Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch vs Pirc, 1931 
(A12) English with b3, 28 moves, 0-1

A Rodriguez Vila vs Granda Zuniga, 2005 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 0-1

Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1

Sustained attack by Burn after draw refused?
Burn vs O Bernstein, 1906 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1-0

Fischer makes a lot out of very little
Fischer vs J Rubinetti, 1970 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

A bishop is stronger than a knight
V Chekhover vs Lasker, 1935 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

stunning underpromotion
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1

striking exchange sacrifice
T Gelashvili vs Marjanovic, 2001 
(B20) Sicilian, 66 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs Kamsky, 1992 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1-0

Four Pawns Attack
Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Four pawns -- Ljubo var.
Korneev vs T Luther, 2003
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

What a bishop!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Kasparian, 1955 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 47 moves, 1-0

One of Seirawan's finest games
J Peters vs Seirawan, 1984 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

see annotations
Andersson vs Beliavsky, 1990 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 62 moves, 1-0

Karpov plays Tal
Karpov vs Larsen, 1979 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0

Polgar vs Morozevich, 1999 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 0-1

stellar positional rook ending
Charousek vs Pillsbury, 1896 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 66 moves, 1-0

L. Day at his most unusual
M Schoeneberg vs L Day, 1972 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 42 moves, 0-1

A forgotten combination?
Tarrasch vs K Walbrodt, 1895 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

queen sacrifice
Petrosian vs Psakhis, 1982 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0

bishop ending
Karpov vs C Hansen, 1995 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 58 moves, 1-0

an imposing ending
Rubinstein vs S Takacs, 1926 
(D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 53 moves, 1-0

good bishop ending
Rubinstein vs P Johner, 1929 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 56 moves, 1-0

opposite colored bishop ending
Rubinstein vs K Treybal, 1929 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 64 moves, 1-0

Rosenthal, not Steinitz, but still a classic
Paulsen vs S Rosenthal, 1873 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk's Alekhine
A Volokitin vs Ivanchuk, 2006 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 51 moves, 0-1

the mysterious P. Schmidt
Keres vs P Schmidt, 1936 
(A25) English, 30 moves, 0-1

Brilliancy prize
L Day vs T Koliada, 1994 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0

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

the normal position
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1898 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Morozevich on the attack
Morozevich vs Pelletier, 2006 
(C10) French, 34 moves, 1-0

Man bites dog
Tarrasch vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1

Greatest rapid game ever?
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0

extraordinary ending
Kramnik vs Z Zhang, 2004 
(A17) English, 78 moves, 1-0

Resigning a won game!
Stellwagen vs Yusupov, 2006 
(C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1

A long, unhappy story
Short vs Alburt, 1985 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 60 moves, 1-0

sustained attack
Karpov vs Larsen, 1982 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0

snyder attack
T Gelashvili vs B Valensi, 2003
(B20) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0

12....a5?, 13...Bg5
Shamkovich vs M Vukic, 1976 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1-0

Karpov squashes the Pirc
Karpov vs Nunn, 1982 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0

Four Pawns (Counter-)Attack
H Kokkoris vs D Marovic, 1970 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

another Lasker bishop on d2
Lasker vs Showalter, 1893 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

study positional play
Karpov vs Ribli, 1986 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1-0

speechless
Kotov vs Bronstein, 1972 
(A13) English, 43 moves, 0-1

two knights
Radjabov vs Naiditsch, 2005 
(C59) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs V Malaniuk, 1988 
(A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

K-K 94
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 40 moves, 1-0

anderssen's defensive immortal
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866 
(B20) Sicilian, 55 moves, 0-1

combinations
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1

early rubinstein kg
Rubinstein vs Rotlewi, 1906 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

for notes to Tarrasch-Lasker 4
K Mokry vs F Schuh, 1991
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0

positional brilliancy
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906  
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs B Goldenov, 1952 
(A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0

3.d3
Keres vs D Allan, 1975 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

g3-g4 and Nc2
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Desperate Dutch
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1

Wei Yi immortal
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015 
(B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

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