A short game but a nice one
Dubois vs Moore, 1845  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Mating with a pawn
Dubois vs Duke Karl / Casabianca / Preti, 1855  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
One of the wildest games in history
W Budzinski vs Dubois, 1855  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 38 moves, 0-1
Sacrifice of two rooks and a minor piece
Dubois vs M Wyvill, 1859  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Paulsen vs Dubois, 1862  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 52 moves, 0-1
Crushing the future world champion with black in 20 moves
Steinitz vs Dubois, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
deserves to be more widely known
Dubois vs J Hannah, 1862  (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1-0
Like a storm
Anderssen vs Dubois, 1862  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 49 moves, 0-1
Picturesque final position
A Bonaparte vs Dubois, 1866  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Vergani played with great force
Schlechter vs B Vergani, 1895  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 0-1
Gunsberg next loss to an italian
A Reggio vs Gunsberg, 1901  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 59 moves, 1-0
A hard fought game
Blackburne vs A Reggio, 1901  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
Just choking
A Reggio vs J Mason, 1901  (C14) French, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
the power of pawns
A Reggio vs Marshall, 1903  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 1-0
Nice attacking game
A Reggio vs H Wolf, 1903  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Arturo withstands the attack
Spielmann vs A Reggio, 1905  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
active rook
A Reggio vs Duras, 1905 (C01) French, Exchange, 69 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs A Reggio, 1905 (C45) Scotch Game, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mastering the pawns
A H Pettersson vs A Reggio, 1905 (C50) Giuoco Piano, 43 moves, 0-1
Great game by Giuseppe Benini
G Benini vs A Reggio, 1911  (C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Martinolich vs L Prokes, 1907 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 48 moves, 1-0
Martinolich vs Albin, 1907  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
The hero at Vienna 1907
J N Berger vs Martinolich, 1907 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1
No mercy
Reti vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1911  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1
Aggressive king
Tarrasch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1923  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 48 moves, 0-1
Another inspiring sacrifice
D Daniuszewski vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1924 (C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 0-1
Beating Tarrasch two times with black is worth being noticed
Tarrasch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1924  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 0-1
S Rosselli del Turco vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 109 moves, 1/2-1/2
Did i say two times? Three times, of course!
Tarrasch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1
S Rosselli del Turco vs Alekhine, 1925 (C25) Vienna, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Rosselli del Turco vs Euwe, 1927 (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Unexpected finish
J Araiza Munoz vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1928  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
Wild Caro-Kann
L Steiner vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1928 (B15) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 0-1
Sultan Khan vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1931 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Rosselli del Turco vs Gruenfeld, 1933 (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0
Alekhine tried hard
S Rosselli del Turco vs Alekhine, 1933  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
interesting combination
S Rosselli del Turco vs O Naegeli, 1934 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Notes by Maroczy
D Marotti vs V L Wahltuch, 1922  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Very finely played by the italian champion" - Maroczy
D Marotti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922  (C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch doesn't find a win
Tarrasch vs D Marotti, 1923 (A84) Dutch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
The famous Monticelli trap
M Monticelli vs L Prokes, 1926  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Demolition Man
M Monticelli vs Yates, 1926  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 51 moves, 1-0
M Monticelli vs Rubinstein, 1926 (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Monticelli vs Reti, 1926  (A47) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Aggressive play
A Vajda vs M Monticelli, 1926  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Temporary sacrifice of the quality
M Monticelli vs R P Michell, 1927 (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs M Monticelli, 1929  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Piece sacrifice involved
D Przepiorka vs M Monticelli, 1929 (E16) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 0-1
Fork (Monticelli was already a pawn up)
Menchik vs M Monticelli, 1929 (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Brilliancy prize in San Remo 1930
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
"Check" this out
W Fairhurst vs M Monticelli, 1933 (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
just when it started to look ugly for white
M Monticelli vs A Vajda, 1933 (C14) French, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0
Spielmann got lucky
Spielmann vs A Sacconi, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
insecure kingside
A Sacconi vs H E Atkins, 1927 (E61) King's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Queen activity
Koltanowski vs A Sacconi, 1928 (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
Tough fight
Alekhine vs A Sacconi, 1935 (A06) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Superior strategy and tactics
M Romi vs Spielmann, 1930  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0
C Staldi vs F Blatny, 1957 (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
famous victim
M Napolitano vs Keres, 1936  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Napolitano proved his worth
M Napolitano vs Bogoljubov, 1942 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Best game of Olympiad 1937
V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs V Castaldi, 1947 (C70) Ruy Lopez, 73 moves, 0-1
nice game
C Doerner vs V Castaldi, 1947 (A47) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
saving the queen but not the game
V Castaldi vs Szabados, 1948  (B53) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1-0
early macCutcheon victory
Euwe vs V Castaldi, 1948  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 48 moves, 0-1
constant pressure
E Myhre vs V Castaldi, 1950 (D95) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 0-1
E Paoli vs Gligoric, 1949  (C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
In memoriam
Kotov vs E Paoli, 1950  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
Gligoric vs E Paoli, 1951  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Paoli holds off Najdorf's bishop pair
Najdorf vs E Paoli, 1954 (A43) Old Benoni, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Impressive game
E Paoli vs Sliwa, 1954  (C58) Two Knights, 43 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs E Paoli, 1973  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Szabados vs Tartakower, 1948 (A81) Dutch, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beautiful win against the dutch hope
J H Donner vs Szabados, 1950  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 46 moves, 0-1
titanic struggle
Szabados vs Reshevsky, 1950  (D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 105 moves, 1/2-1/2
Szabados vs Tartakower, 1950 (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Euwe vs A Giustolisi, 1948 (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Giustolisi vs Tartakower, 1948 (A47) Queen's Indian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
eradication
A Giustolisi vs K Palda, 1950 (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 43 moves, 1-0
pawn weaknesses
Gligoric vs A Giustolisi, 1957 (A61) Benoni, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
the power of the second rank
P Panagopoulos vs G Porreca, 1950 (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
some fireworks
A Dunkelblum vs G Porreca, 1950 (A13) English, 35 moves, 0-1
sacrifice of a quality
G Porreca vs Gligoric, 1952 (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs G Porreca, 1952 (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
short but not boring at all
Ivkov vs G Porreca, 1954 (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bobotsov vs G Porreca, 1972  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
An impressive victory
F Scafarelli vs Larsen, 1953 (A15) English, 41 moves, 1-0
F Scafarelli vs F Bohatirchuk, 1954 (A15) English, 25 moves, 1-0
S Tatai vs J Kupper, 1967 (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 64 moves, 1-0
steamroller
H Lehmann vs S Tatai, 1968  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 49 moves, 0-1
pawn storm
Matulovic vs S Tatai, 1969 (C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 0-1
knight moves
S Tatai vs Timman, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
highly complex struggle
B Ivanovic vs S Tatai, 1972 (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 0-1
S Tatai vs Hort, 1972 (B06) Robatsch, 50 moves, 1-0
great achievment
Larsen vs S Tatai, 1972  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 43 moves, 0-1
S Tatai vs Ljubojevic, 1972 (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
material imbalance
S Tatai vs Kavalek, 1973 (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 50 moves, 1-0
the fate of a black squared bishop
S Tatai vs Najdorf, 1973  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 71 moves, 1-0
an early piece sacrifice
Gheorghiu vs S Tatai, 1973 (C11) French, 52 moves, 0-1
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