Classy sacrifices, great game.
Granda Zuniga vs Short, 1997  (B44) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0
Nigel Short the prodigy!
Korchnoi vs Short, 1976  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
The famous Nigel Short king march.
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Perculiar openning, nice finish and commentary.
M Basman vs Keene, 1981  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Cool pawn chain and nice tactics at the end.
V Stamenkov vs Kamsky, 2009  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 35 moves, 0-1
Interesting positional/strategic game.
D Berczes vs McShane, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 47 moves, 0-1
Amazing king hunt in this correspondence game.
P Imbaud vs Strumilo, 1922  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
Nice king march v Kasparov!
Kasparov vs Short, 1987  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 0-1
Nice exchange sac, beautiful finish.
Nakamura vs McShane, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 0-1
Exciting blitz game.
Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
End to end game, nice mating attack.
Bacrot vs McShane, 1992  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 39 moves, 0-1
KIA Scicilian and a great mating attack
Fischer vs Panno, 1970  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Complex attack, 22 Rxe7!
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
interesting game, endgame beyond me!
Nunn vs H Pfleger, 1989  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
Nice sac and final position.
Nunn vs Fedorowicz, 1991  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 24 moves, 1-0
topsy turvey game, very exciting!
Adams vs Granda Zuniga, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
The 'Blue Bird' game
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
end to end stuff!
P Charbonneau vs Anand, 2006  (B44) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0
G Kuzmin vs B Alterman, 1989  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
fun closed scilian!
Tiviakov vs Shirov, 2010  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
nice obscure line of the Winawer
B H Wood vs P Wallis, 1945  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 36 moves, 1-0
how to make the english fun!
Van Wely vs Shirov, 2010  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 59 moves, 0-1
King's Bishop Gambit
Ivanchuk vs J Piket, 1997  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
Vive la France!
Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1
Boom! Great sacrificial mating attack.
Tal vs Koblents, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 22 moves, 1-0
this is how you play the english attack!
Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
positional game with spectacular finale!
J Sloth vs W N Watson, 1991  (A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Nice tarrasching by Adams!
Adams vs D Lemos, 2010  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 1-0
Fire on the board!
Shirov vs M Magomedov, 1989  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
Nice Keres attack, 35 Re7!!
Karpov vs Sax, 1983  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Kasparov gets taken apart!
Kasparov vs P Wolff, 1988  (A20) English, 25 moves, 0-1
awesome pawn storm
Yudasin vs D Monokroussos, 2002  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 56 moves, 0-1
2004 WC decider
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
King's Bishop Gambit
Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic, 2004  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
Good game, Black should play 40.. Kg7!
Gelfand vs F Amonatov, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1-0
Crazy game, great final tactic!
J Polgar vs Gelfand, 2009  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
14 Bd6 the 'pseudo exchange sac' + great endgame
Gelfand vs J Polgar, 2009  (E15) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
Nice game, great sacrifice at move 48
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1
Great game by Kramnik. 18.. Bh6!!
M Brodsky vs Kramnik, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
Great English Attack by Morozevich
Morozevich vs Ftacnik, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0
An English lesson from Adams
Adams vs Svidler, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0
Beautiful Kasparov attack
Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0
"The immortal correspondance game"
A Sundin vs Erik Andersson, 1964  (C16) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0
Kasparov tames Anand's English attack
Anand vs Kasparov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 50 moves, 0-1
Epic! Q v B+N+N ending
A Fuderer vs Najdorf, 1955  (A56) Benoni Defense, 73 moves, 1-0
Great queenside attack - Levenfish attack, Sicilian Dragon
D Salinnikov vs I Gaponenko, 2000  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 23 moves, 0-1
Awesome queen sac!
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0
Inspired KID by Nakamura as black
Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2010  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Great double edged Scilian!
Kudrin vs M Wilder, 1987  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 34 moves, 0-1
phoar... What, a, game!
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Beautiful game and by a 13 year old too!
Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Mr Fritz has some explaining to do... great game!
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0
amazing 'sacrifice'
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Nice puzzle game and mate
B Wexler vs J Saadi, 1960  (A14) English, 34 moves, 1-0
wow, great sacs and puzzle of the day
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Nice mating tactics for W&B and final combo
J Klinger vs Glek, 1990  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0
nice SMG & links plus interesting player bios
K Smith vs Evans, 1972  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 0-1
Nice positional/tactical game with cool puzzle finish
Ehlvest vs McShane, 2000  (E92) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
wow, amazing game and beautiful mating combo
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
Sunday puzzle/GOTD by Anand - great game!
Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
the swindle!
S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 49 moves, 0-1
2 f4 Sicilian, nice sacs and game!
V Zhuravliov vs Yermolinsky, 1988  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 0-1
Grunfeld, cool game and nice sacrifice!
S Volkov vs Svidler, 2017  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
Just ‘wow!’ What an amazing game!
Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Crazy English Game!
C Ward vs Suba, 1990  (A16) English, 34 moves, 0-1
Sveshnikov by Kasparov with great final tactic
Kasparov vs Lautier, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Cool WCC Yugoslav attack!
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
The immortal sacrifice game!
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Amazing Alapin!
D Pavasovic vs I Kurnosov, 2003  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
QGD isn’t boring anymore!
Van Wely vs D Pavasovic, 2007  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
Great KGA!
A Planinc vs A Matanovic, 1969  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
A Levenfish in a very good year
Nunn vs Miles, 1982  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
Nice Levenfish featured in John Emm’s book
N Illijin vs M Cebalo, 1999  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Crazy KGA!
J Gallagher vs S Conquest, 1988  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
The ‘Samish Immortal’ game
Saemisch vs F Herzog, 1924  (C10) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Amazing queen sacrifice!
B Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Strange opening, classy sacrifices!
A Phillips vs Golombek, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Cool French advance!
Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0
Tactics & windmills galore!
M Warmerdam vs J Pechac, 2023  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
Amazing Queen sac and king hunt!
R Cifuentes vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
What a crazy game!
V A Vasiliev vs Tolush, 1945  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
Crazy ‘immortal’ game!
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Amazing queen sacrifice and mating attack
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Brilliant rook sacrifice and attack in this GOTD
Keene vs Robatsch, 1971  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Electric Bill Hartson - cool four rooks checkmate!
W Hartston vs A Whiteley, 1974  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
Amazing French Advance!
Sveshnikov vs I Farago, 1984  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
Great game, and nice exchange sacrifice
Geller vs Uhlmann, 1970  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Cool obstruction tactic!
Ding Liren vs E Inarkiev, 2015  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Crazy Cochrane gambit!
D Reinderman vs Van der Sterren, 1999 (C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
Interesting French Defence
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
Poisoned pawn winnawer from a young Nigel Short!
S J Hooker vs Short, 1975  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
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