Torre's bishops Torre vs H E Jennings, 1924  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0 40.Rxd6+!! Quinteros vs Tukmakov, 1973  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 42 moves, 1-0 38.Rxc4!! Unzicker vs Keres, 1956  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 39 moves, 1-0 23...Be6! starts an interesting endgame that ended in 40...e4!! Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 48 moves, 0-1 12.g3? and 13.f4? allowed 18...Bxf4! with a winning endgame R Scrivener vs Torre, 1924  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1 52.g6+! Smyslov vs Flohr, 1949  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 53 moves, 1-0 Gert Rude with the bishop pair O Ekebjaerg vs G Timmerman, 1991  (C27) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1 A rook VS two knights and a bishop...who will win? Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2 Koneru's "Dumpy" bishop S Chanda vs Koneru, 2006  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 82 moves, 1-0 32.Nxb5!! and 33.Bxb5!!...Two thunderbolts on the same place! Karpov vs C Hansen, 1992  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0 72.Qc8+! Qxc8 73.Be6+! Kxe6 74.bxc8=Q+ winning L Bruzon Batista vs Dominguez Perez, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 72 moves, 1-0 115.g8=Q+! and the rest is just matter of attacking the bishop! L Bruzon Batista vs Fridman, 2004  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 121 moves, 1-0 95...Ka8 96.Na5 Kb8 97.Nxb7(+-) and it's curtains down... Z Zhang vs Koneru, 2003  (C22) Center Game, 95 moves, 1-0 42.Rxe4!! E Safarli vs S Sjugirov, 2006  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 42 moves, 1-0 The pair of bishops VS rook + bishop, in the style of Botvinnik I Botvinnik vs A Samaganova, 2006 (A36) English, 80 moves, 1-0 50...Kf6 51.Rf8++ N Agababean vs I Botvinnik, 2006 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0 the black bishop is just a "paper tiger" Nakamura vs T Hillarp Persson, 2005  (C02) French, Advance, 100 moves, 1-0 27...Rb8?? allows the shot 28.Rxd6! (28...Kxd6 29.Bf4+ winning) Nakamura vs S Muhammad, 2004  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0 White is clearly winning after 58.Ra4!! (58...Rxb6 59.Kc5+!) A Kevitz vs Marshall, 1931  (A14) English, 69 moves, 1-0 59..Bc3! ties the white king to the defense of the black d-pawn M Leon Hoyos vs Ponomariov, 2006  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 0-1 Three Amigos Dominguez Perez vs Radjabov, 2004  (B30) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 18.Qc1!! leads to a winning endgame Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0 34.f4!! Kramnik vs Leko, 2004   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 35.Kg3! starts a winning maneuver, sacrificing some pawns... Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0 45...d2! allows 46...Kd4!, forcing 47.e5 because of 47..Kc4(-+) S D Sigfusson vs Polgar, 1988  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 66 moves, 0-1 58.Ke6?? its suicidal..Winning was 58.Nxf6! (see patzer2 post) Short vs Beliavsky, 1992  (C48) Four Knights, 58 moves, 0-1 59.Rf3 Nh5 60.a8=Q Ng3+ 61.Rxg3 Rf2+ 62.Kg1 Rxe1# Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (E12) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1 45...Kf8?? allows 46.Qb8+! (see syracrophy's post) Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0 The threat is 64.h7 Rh5 65.Rg8! Kxe7 66.h8=Q Rxh8 67.Rxh8 wins Polgar vs F J Ochoa, 1989 (B30) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1-0 86...Rxe5! wins a piece with a winning ending (87.fxe5 a2(-+)) S Skembris vs Polgar, 1990  (E92) King's Indian, 98 moves, 0-1 26.Rfd3! sacrifices a pawn to open lines for white's rooks Anand vs Topalov, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0 42.Bf8! forces the knight to protect uneffectively the g7-pawn Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 51 moves, 1-0 60...Rxd5!! (61.exd5 Bd4+ picks up the rook) T H Tylor vs Sultan Khan, 1933  (C46) Three Knights, 60 moves, 0-1 39...Rc1!! (40.Kxc1 h2(-+)) Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1 31.Rxf8! and the a-pawn can't be stopped from promoting Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Model, 1932  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0 48.d6+!! (48...Rxd6 49.Rf7+! Kxf7 50.Kxd6(+-) wins easily) Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0 52.Rd8! allows the exchange of rooks with advantage of white J Bartholomew vs M Thaler, 2004  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 57 moves, 1-0 The Twin#1 Immortal Ending M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz Aguado, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 The Twin#2 Immortal Ending Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 46.Rxd6+! Nakamura vs A Kunte, 2006  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 54 moves, 1-0 52...f4!(gives life to the g-pawn) 53...Kd6! (blocks the pawns) G Stoltz vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 0-1 A nice clash between Queen VS Rook+Knight Morozevich vs A Volokitin, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 85 moves, 1-0 the great endgame player crushes Capablanca in a nice ending Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911   (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0 54.h4!, 60.g6! and the charming 64.Rh8+!! I Bilek vs F Kuijpers, 1966  (E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 65 moves, 1-0 33.Rd8+!! (33...Bxd8 34.Be5+ Bf6 35.Bxf6++; 33...Kg7 34.Rg8++) M Hebden vs I Snape, 2006  (A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0 the charming 29...Bh4+! leads to a winning endgame N Zubarev vs Torre, 1925  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 33.a5! gives white a decisive advantage on this tough clash! Kramnik vs Leko, 2006  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0 42...f4! A classical and basic endgame A Pomar Salamanca vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1974  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1 28.? White to play L Engels vs Maroczy, 1936  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 50...Na3+!! (51.Nxa3 Ke2 wins) Barcza vs Simagin, 1949  (A04) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1 Saavedra Revisited.....(The first game I had ever seen In Live) Svidler vs Topalov, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 67 moves, 1-0 69...Be3!! Good Moehrning! O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1 Wholly knight J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0 31...Re1+!! and 32...hxg2 winning H Terrie vs E Tate, 2001  (A21) English, 32 moves, 0-1 After a tough middlegame, two bishops defeat five pawns! J Houska vs A D Harley, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0 A mate with six knights! Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 An early middlegame converted into a tactical ending clash! P K Wells vs V Priehoda, 1992  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1-0 Me, King! Mecking vs Tal, 1975  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 64 moves, 1-0 A unique Queen sac on the "Mitrofanov's deflection" theme. G Moehring vs J Kaikamdzozov, 1978  (A56) Benoni Defense, 91 moves, 1-0 The one and only! Dubbed the Best Move of modern chess history Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1 The chivalry march knock down the Bishop pair. T Batchimeg vs A Fishbein, 2006  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 70 moves, 1-0 79.Rxe5! exchange sac leads to a won Bishop-vs-Rook ending. Rapport vs Aronian, 2016  (A06) Reti Opening, 87 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Ivkov, 1980  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0 A tightrope endgame clash between Queen+Knight vs 2 Rooks Ivkov vs Korchnoi, 1957  (C16) French, Winawer, 94 moves, 0-1 Torre vs N Whitaker, 1924  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 68 moves, 1-0 Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 106 moves, 1-0 Converting a pawn of advantage on a very long Queen ending. Bronstein vs C H Alexander, 1954  (A80) Dutch, 120 moves, 0-1 Shirov vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003  (C41) Philidor Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 Schiffers vs Steinitz, 1898  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1 S Landau vs G Abrahams, 1939  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 100 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Spielmann, 1927  (C13) French, 69 moves, 1-0 Petrosian sacs exchange to keep the pawns rolling. Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (C00) French Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 Lputian vs V Malaniuk, 1987  (A81) Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0 Timman vs Salov, 1991  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 50 moves, 0-1 F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1906  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 67 moves, 0-1 V Eingorn vs Kupreichik, 1987  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 83 moves, 1-0 Burn vs Alekhine, 1911  (C13) French, 82 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Colle, 1925  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 61 moves, 1-0 Petrosian vs V Zagorovsky, 1951  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 46 moves, 1-0 Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1925  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 53 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik holds to draw another famous Rook ending. Unzicker vs Botvinnik, 1954  (C18) French, Winawer, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2 Wei Yi vs Yankai Li, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 59 moves, 1-0 Alburt vs K Lerner, 1978  (A56) Benoni Defense, 80 moves, 1-0 Mexican's top star beats US's in a neat Rook vs Bishop+Knight M Sisniega vs Browne, 1985  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0 A Buslaev vs Tal, 1970  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 60 moves, 1-0 Dolmatov vs Speelman, 1989  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 68 moves, 1-0 B Kouatly vs Korchnoi, 1988  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 48 moves, 0-1 M Wilder vs J Tarjan, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1 G Schwartzman vs Leko, 1991  (A16) English, 82 moves, 1-0 Fischer vs C Kalme, 1958  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 1-0 So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 68 moves, 0-1 I Nataf vs J Chabanon, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0 B Kurajica vs Andersson, 1980  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 98 moves, 1-0 H Steiner vs W Adams, 1948  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 88 moves, 1-0 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1 M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953  (C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0 K Volke vs M Schaefer, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 1-0 Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 72 moves, 0-1 Wei Yi vs Wojtaszek, 2022  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0 101 games