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brilliant attack

brilliant attack
Shredder vs The King, 2006 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 1-0

beautiful finish
N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007 
(C10) French, 42 moves, 0-1

amazing game
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1

Nxd5!!
J Penrose vs M Blau, 1957 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

short draw
L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

4 queens on board
Leko vs Kasparov, 2003 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

cochrane gambitt
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1999 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

4.Nf3- petroff defense
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

though shalt always look for a better move
Gelfand vs Shirov, 2007 
(D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 0-1

king leading from the front
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Anand vs P Thipsay, 1987 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 70 moves, 1-0

think like a grandmaster
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1

king in open leads to doom
I Lysyj vs Ehlvest, 2007 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994 
(A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior, 2001 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 69 moves, 0-1

great analysis of exchange sacrifice by nunn
Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Topalov, 2005 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

was ever there was a win for white
Carlsen vs Anand, 2008 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 0-1

have to understand this game
Polgar vs Adams, 1999 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 45 moves, 0-1

go figure the king hunt
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958 
(A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

go figure the final combination and queen sacrifice
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

Topalov vs Anand, 2005 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0

hippo game
Tal vs Vasiukov, 1964 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 58 moves, 1-0

coffehouse game
J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908 
(C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0

Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0

Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Wei Yi vs X Bu, 2015 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0

E MacDonald vs Burn, 1910 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 0-1

Aronian vs Anand, 2013 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1

Stockfish vs Jonny, 2014 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 60 moves, 1-0

Stockfish vs Critter, 2014 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 64 moves, 1-0

Rybka vs Houdini, 2011 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 0-1

Stockfish vs Rybka, 2013 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Houdini vs Stockfish, 2013 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 48 moves, 0-1

Bouquet vs Stockfish, 2013 
(A25) English, 111 moves, 0-1

Stockfish vs Komodo, 2014 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0

Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 0-1

Stockfish vs Komodo, 2014 
(B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014 
(C02) French, Advance, 74 moves, 1-0

Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 50 moves, 1-0

Arasan vs Critter, 2014 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 0-1

Rybka vs Deep Sjeng, 2009 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0

great stalemate trick
Shredder vs Gull, 2013 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

pawn sac
Komodo vs Critter, 2014 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0

Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 40 moves, 0-1

knight sacrifice in corner
Jonny vs Komodo, 2015 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 158 moves, 1-0

A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993 
(E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Jonny vs Rybka, 2010 
(A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 0-1

Houdini vs Komodo, 2014 
(A81) Dutch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

So vs Nakamura, 2015 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1

Aronian vs Caruana, 2015 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

Giri vs Aronian, 2012 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1

Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016 
(B50) Sicilian, 78 moves, 1-0

Aronian vs Rapport, 2016 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

B Kovanova vs N Pogonina, 2010 
(B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

E Blomqvist vs C Cederstam Barsk, 2014 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 57 moves, 0-1

M Ragger vs S Maze, 2016 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 49 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Vocaturo, 2016 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 41 moves, 1-0

B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1

B Adhiban vs D Andreikin, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reshevsky vs Vaganian, 1976 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1

F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs NN, 1911 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

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