The Emperor rips his own clothes off
J Lokvenc vs O Trinks, 1925  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Aronian a la Adams
Aronian vs S Munizaba, 1993  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Aronian's artful answer checks the Czech
Aronian vs I Khamrakulova, 1993  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Koneru corners Chakravarty
Deepan Chakkravarthy J vs Koneru, 2006  (C42) Petrov Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
Accolades for Anand's amazing attack
Karjakin vs Anand, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1
Myagmasuren's magnificant masterpiece
R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
Tal's totally too tough
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's amazing alchemical attack
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Sax's sacs sack
Sax vs Tukmakov, 1972  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 26 moves, 1-0
Gosta's gusto guts Rudolph's gutsy game
Spielmann vs G Stoltz, 1930  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
Tiger's Turin triumph
V Petkov vs T Hillarp Persson, 2006  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 0-1
Norwood's nova
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein reduces Rotlewi to rubble
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
The World Wins Wonderfully Well
The World vs A Nickel, 2006  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0
Evgeny's excellent effort
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Kamsky cunningly counters Kramnik's counterplay
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1
King Cornered by Crackling Combination
Szabo vs Euwe, 1946  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi carves up Karpov with Queen's Indian
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994  (E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1
Keres' classical conquest
Euwe vs Keres, 1940  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Vassily's verve values Veselin's valediction
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1996  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 34 moves, 1-0
Swashbuckling Svidler Sizzles Sasha's Stock
Svidler vs A Riazantsev, 2008  (C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
Spielman's super spiflication
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Shirov's shillelagh
Shirov vs Nisipeanu, 2009  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
TransWarp trounced
TransWarp vs B Amin, 2009  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 71 moves, 0-1
Smerdon's Smash
D Smerdon vs D Mastrovasilis, 2009  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 1-0
Smerdon sizzles
J Chan vs D Smerdon, 2006  (C46) Three Knights, 25 moves, 0-1
Sangeeta scuttles Scott
S Hosea vs S Thomson, 2009  (A56) Benoni Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Chepa chops Jako
I Cheparinov vs Jakovenko, 2009  (C49) Four Knights, 43 moves, 1-0
Marshall's pawns eat Esser
J Esser vs Marshall, 1911  (C15) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
King crushes King
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rudolf reduces Geza to rubble
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Eljanov's excellent effort
Eljanov vs I Cheparinov, 2009  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 53 moves, 1-0
Bent bemuses Mischa
Tal vs Larsen, 1969  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 41 moves, 0-1
Vasilios' verve!
Kotronias vs Grigoriants, 2009  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 28 moves, 1-0
Bent bowls Bronstein over
Larsen vs Bronstein, 1962  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 61 moves, 1-0
Tolush the Terrific
Tolush vs Averbakh, 1950  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
Judit rejuvenated
Polgar vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2010  (C41) Philidor Defense, 58 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk's incredible ingenuity
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Nyzhnyk's Nimzo 'Nnihilation
I Nyzhnyk vs R Panjwani, 2010  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
Superb Svidler Spins Scintillating Snare
Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1
Vassily's Valuable Victory
Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk, 2011  (E15) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Aronian annihilates Anand
Aronian vs Anand, 2011  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Ustulatious Under-promotion!
B Firat vs L Vajda, 2011  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
More Memorable Magnus
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Play It Again, Maestro
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0
Superb
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2012  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 59 moves, 1-0
Aronian's Arabesque Aces Aivars
Aronian vs A Raudive, 1996  (C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
Karjakin kills Carlsen
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2012  (E12) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 0-1
Aronian Axes Anish
Giri vs Aronian, 2012  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
Killer Khismatullin
Khismatullin vs J Zhou, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
The Fall of Leningrad
Korchnoi vs B Djurasevic, 1956  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 25 moves, 0-1
Wei...wow!
Wei Yi vs G Oparin, 2012  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 1-0
Barcza's Brilliancy
Barcza vs O Troianescu, 1948  (A06) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Dominguez dominant
Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2013  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1-0
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