Nerves of Steel. A king walk from e1 to a7 to win the game
R Steel vs R Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another insane king walk.
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 51 moves, 1-0
you don't know who is winning till the very end.
R Nezhmetdinov vs Shamkovich, 1954  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
Nezh does it. He just can't stop attacking, can he?
N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
Tactical central warfare
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Battle of steel
R Steel vs Blackburne, 1881  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Crazy draw, the dynamics balance out
Carlsen vs L Dominguez, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chess of the future, still just as complicated
Frels vs Klute, 1979  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 0-1
Crazy attack on the kingside overcomes huge positional weakness
V Machala vs J Cervenka, 2000  (A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
A solid wall of pawns was broken by a beautiful knight sacrific
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
strong attacking game
Savon vs V Mencinger, 1992  (B33) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
a crazy game that finishes, rightfully, with a draw
Koblents vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fried Liver gets Fried
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
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