All four minors are sacked. What else need be said?
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Double queen sack before move twenty. What else need be said?
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
A queen sack against Capablanca. What else need be said?
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0
Over 75 years old and still being analysed. What else to say?
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
At the time GMs commenting thought that white was won here.
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Known as the game of the centuary. What else need be said?
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Nimzo zugzwanged in the middlegame. What else need be said?
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Known as rubinstein's immortal. What else need be said?
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
This game changed middlegame theory. What else need be said?
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
My favourite game. What else need be said?
Tal vs H Hecht, 1962  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
Karpov pushing someone off the board. Slowly, the Karpov way.
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
The beast beasting the world no 2. What else need be said?
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
My favourite Kasparov game. Simple and very strong play.
Kasparov vs Tal, 1987  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 31 moves, 1-0
That Spassky game. What else need be said?
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Watching this live I hadn't got a clue what was going on.
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Who says Morphy was the only one sac all and mate with R+B?
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Everything is sacked. I mean everthing.
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Has to be seen to be believed. How wrong can a combination be?
J Lokvenc vs O Trinks, 1925  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
The first chess game I ever played over. Still love it.
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
You can almost feel the rivalry in this game.
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
This game was destined to be recognised here.
The World vs A Nickel, 2006  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0
One of those combinations that makes one love chess.
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
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