Szabo vs Bronstein, 1953  (A53) Old Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs Mamedyarov, 2006  (E70) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1
R Prasca Sosa vs A Baburin, 2006  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 0-1
Short vs S Azarov, 2004  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 58 moves, 0-1
21 Qf5+ Kc7 22 Rc3+ both skewers go through to Black c8-bishop
Keres vs J Sajtar, 1954  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0
15 ... Qb5! skewers the loose White b3- and b2-bishops
D Rivera vs Fischer, 1962  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 16 moves, 0-1
38 Rc8! Qxc8 39 Qh8+ Ke7 40 Qxc8, winning queen for rook
V Chekhover vs I Rudakovsky, 1945  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
(VAR) 17 ... Qh4+ skewer makes White e1-queen loose (LPDO)
Leko vs Carlsen, 2007  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black a5-knight + Black d5-queen = 24 Re1-e5! skewer
Kasparov vs Timman, 1994  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
19 f4xNe5? Rh5xe5 skewers undefended White e4-knight, e3-bishop
Radjabov vs Topalov, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
33 ... Bg6-e8 skewers White c6-rook to undefended a4-bishop
E Inarkiev vs V Gashimov, 2008  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
47 ... h2-h1=Q+! 48 Qh8xQh1 Qf5-b1+ skewers d1-king,h1-queen
Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 47 moves, 0-1
22 Rc1-c5 skewers Black e5-queen against the Black h5-knight
Jakovenko vs Bologan, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
43 ... Qh2-h1+ skewers White e1-king, d1-rook defender of b1-sq
Polgar vs Carlsen, 2008  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 44 moves, 0-1
40 Bc2-a4! skewers Black b5-rook against e8-promotion square
Morozevich vs E Alekseev, 2008  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
41 Rb7-b6+ skewers the Black g6-king against loose h6-bishop
Kramnik vs E Alekseev, 2008  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (E97) King's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0
87 Qe5-h5+!! Qh4xQh5 88 e7-e8=Q+ skewers White f7-king,h5-queen
Karjakin vs Gelfand, 2008  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
32 Ra1-a8 skewers Black b8-queen to newly undef Black h8-rook
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
33 ... Rb6-b4! skewers White d4-queen against loose f4-bishop
S Zagrebelny vs Morozevich, 2003  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
27 ... Re8-e2! 28 Bd2-c1 Re2-e1 skewers undef c1-,b1-bishops
A Gudmundsson vs Fischer, 1960  (D95) Grunfeld, 27 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Short, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 67 moves, 1-0
35 Rd5-d6 skewers Black e6-queem, newly loose Black f6-knight
I Sokolov vs A Chibukhchian, 2009  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
53 ... Rd1-g1+ gets on g4-pawn, 54 .. Ra2-f2+ gets on f5-knight
D Howell vs Carlsen, 2009  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
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