A spectacular double sacrifice S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Alekhine sacs the house for a single pawn advantage Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 Double rook sac - terrific! Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1 O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 The famous 13-year-old queen sac D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 The only time Judit beat Garry Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 One of Fischer's oddest games Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 1-0 White's king takes a quiet, decisive march Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0 Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 V Malakhov vs Zvjaginsev, 2004  (E97) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924   (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0 A complex sacrifce goes awry P Charbonneau vs Anand, 2006  (B44) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0 An embarrassing opening blunder I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1 Chess and Opera don't mix Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Sac of queen and rook T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0 See Secrets of Spectacular Chess E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 The two-queen loss by Shabalov. Bologan's Immortal. Shabalov vs Bologan, 2005  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 76 moves, 0-1 Nice queen sac R Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Great king hunt Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1 Another nice queen sac Kramnik vs Topalov, 2008  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 1-0 Euwe's Pearl Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0 Slugfest from move 4! Sengupta vs T L Petrosian, 2004  (C46) Three Knights, 29 moves, 0-1 A good multiple queen game K Georgiev vs Dlugy, 1983  (D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0 A Keres gem Keres vs Geller, 1962  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0 One mean Benko's gambit R Vazquez Igarza vs Zvjaginsev, 2009  (A58) Benko Gambit, 44 moves, 0-1 Anand's first after the WC. Terrific endgame technique Anand vs Radjabov, 2009  (B33) Sicilian, 61 moves, 1-0 Great queen sac Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 Nice multiple queen game S Volkov vs Minasian, 2009  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nice, wild, attacking Sicilian game Motylev vs Nijboer, 2009  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 35 moves, 0-1 Modern gem Morozevich vs Topalov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 75 moves, 0-1 Early Polgar ties them up in knots! Polgar vs I Kientzler-Guerlain, 1986  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 Attacking play right out of the opening Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0 An Evans masterpiece Evans vs C Pilnick, 1946  (C13) French, 29 moves, 1-0 Nice Sicilian reverse rook sac by Suba Suba vs A Sznapik, 1987  (E97) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0 A terrific dismantling of the French Vocaturo vs T Hillarp Persson, 2009  (C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 1-0 A nice attacking Benko gambit Bacrot vs Nisipeanu, 1996  (A57) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1 Nispeanu takes down Shirov Shirov vs Nisipeanu, 1999  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 Very deep knight sac K Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1 Nispeanu dismantles a Najdorf Nisipeanu vs Bologan, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0 Nisipeanu dismantles another 2700 Nisipeanu vs Grischuk, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 1-0 Nice attacking game against the French Nisipeanu vs M Serov, 2009  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0 A Bologan gem Bologan vs Movsesian, 2005  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0 Capa's famous knight wheel Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0 Nice queen sac by Bologan Bologan vs E van Haastert, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 42 moves, 1-0 Epaulette mate Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0 The most beautiful combinations of his career Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 A pretty good stalemate A Romero Holmes vs B Kantsler, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Zukertort's immortal Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 Great moves never made #1 Short vs Timman, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1 The Immortal Pin game B Gamback vs R Nevanlinna, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1 A white Ruy win Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2009  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 A black Ruy win Shirov vs Aronian, 2009  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 29 moves, 0-1 A very nice mating attack by black. Fridman vs Naiditsch, 2013  (E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1 A terrific miniature by the WCC against the #2 player. Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1 Adorjan wins with black against the mighty Korchnoi! Korchnoi vs Adorjan, 1986  (A04) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 0-1 So many pins & forks! Which to choose? S Pavlov vs I Ibragimov, 2013  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 0-1 Nice queen sac A Muzychuk vs A Gara, 2006  (B01) Scandinavian, 56 moves, 1-0 Love the Dutch! Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1 Love the Dutch #2 Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1 Love a good queen sac! And so early. M Cerveny vs D Dvirnyy, 2008  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 45 moves, 0-1 Gotta love it when minor pieces dominate a queen. Jobava vs Potkin, 2011  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 0-1 A nice, instructive game. Yusupov vs Rozentalis, 1998 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 Excellent endgame instruction. Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1 A new KG slugfest, filled with blunders Shimanov vs Kamsky, 2013  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 55 moves, 1-0 Nezmetdinov at his best Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1 Bluvshtein demolishes Shirov in a nice miniature Shirov vs M Bluvshtein, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Ivanchuk steamrollers Kasparov Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995   (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1 King survives a checkstorm S Ernst vs Harikrishna, 2012  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0 Dutch Defense. Gotta play it more often. W van der Gracht vs Sadler, 2011  (A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 0-1 Queen sac A Vaulin vs I Korobov, 2001  (A81) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0 Byrne beats Gligoric R Byrne vs Gligoric, 1963  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 44 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2010  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0 Carlsen continues to amaze Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 Terrific queen sac A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1 A tactical feast! V Bernadskiy vs Shimanov, 2014  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 A real slugfest Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1 Earliest queen sac I know of K Spraggett vs F South, 1976  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0 Typical wild Moro game - but a loss Morozevich vs V Laznicka, 2013  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 74 moves, 0-1 Ivanchuk playing courageous chess. Ivanchuk vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 40 moves, 1-0 A classic Kasparov kinghunt Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 Rubenstein queen sac Z Belsitzmann vs Rubinstein, 1917  (C48) Four Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 Fun game! N Pogonina vs N Zhukova, 2014  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 61 moves, 0-1 Polgar vs A S Rasmussen, 2013  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 40 moves, 1-0 23rd Century chess Y Yu vs Van Wely, 2014  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2 Topalov sacs everything Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0 Nice play from Grischuk at the Olympiad Grischuk vs A Filippov, 2014  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Queenn endings are hard Vachier-Lagrave vs Jobava, 2014  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 139 moves, 1-0 Mamedyarov tamed Dominguez Perez vs Mamedyarov, 2014  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 Clash of the greats Kramnik vs Topalov, 2014  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1-0 Nice play by Caruana to beat Carlsen Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1 A barn burner of a game K Shirazi vs Weeramantry, 1988  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 42 moves, 0-1 A great game from two world champs Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Fearless counterattack Keres vs Smyslov, 1953  (A17) English, 28 moves, 0-1 Gotta love a good queen sac Maroczy vs M Romi, 1930  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 49 moves, 1-0 "Monkey's Bum" opening! Polgar vs Shirov, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0 Quite the crazy position H Ni vs Le Quang Liem, 2012  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 Kavalek's immortal Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 Great attacking game. Tseshkovsky vs Kasparov, 2004  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 39 moves, 0-1 Nice queen sac B Le Roy vs Bologan, 2009  (B06) Robatsch, 51 moves, 0-1 Another Ivanchuk brilliancy. Very complicated game. Ivanchuk vs Van Wely, 2015  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 1-0 Fierce Sicilian attack V Fedoseev vs K Grigoryan, 2014  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 1-0 A crazy Dutch game Anand vs Carlsen, 2015  (A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1 A wild game if there ever was one! L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1 White is positionally demolished M Vukic vs Suba, 1977  (A14) English, 47 moves, 0-1 Great attacking game Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1 Suba demolishes Sax Suba vs Sax, 1984  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0 Hedgehog with ...g5! attack. Taimanov vs Yusupov, 1982  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 42 moves, 0-1 Tactical flurry Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 Sparkling dual attacking game Christmas Day Carlsen vs C Li, 2015  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 Hou Yifan is relentless Y Hou vs B Esen, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 1-0 Simon loses a Dutch - badly Romanishin vs S Williams, 2015  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0 A black win against the King's Gambit S Kalugin vs Kuzubov, 2004  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1 Play the Bird! M Bartel vs Shen Yang, 2009  (A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0 Nice game to pawn promotion T Gareyev vs G Kacheishvili, 2012 (B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 1-0 Another unbelievable king march Nunn vs G Anthony, 1981  (B32) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0 A thrilling king hunt Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 Amazing attack Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0 Bologan plays a neat variation Sutovsky vs Bologan, 2016  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1 Hou sacs queen at move 16! B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017  (A47) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1 A fine win against the Sicilian E Tate vs Yudasin, 1997  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0 Chess is a wild game I Sokolov vs Dreev, 2001  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1 Williams wins against top GM with the Dutch Gelfand vs S Williams, 2012  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 43 moves, 0-1 A Nezhmetdinov brilliancy R Nezhmetdinov vs E Paoli, 1954  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 27 moves, 1-0 Nice, slow build-up Kuzubov vs V Sanal, 2017  (E17) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1 Nice response to the English H Jolles vs G Welling, 1989 (A10) English, 36 moves, 0-1 A great attacking game J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1 Another nice queen sac M Bach vs T Hillarp Persson, 2015  (E77) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1 Kramnik cracks a novelty in the Spanish - crushes Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 Simon says "The Dutch!" Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1 How does one see Qg7?? Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi wins with the French in 14 moves! S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1 A great attacking game from both sides S Franklin vs S Williams, 2011  (B54) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1 Chess insanity Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 Good Dutch game K Odeh vs E Osuna Vega, 2018 (A84) Dutch, 22 moves, 0-1 A good Nimzo-Indian for Black N Das vs B Adhiban, 2010 (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 21 moves, 0-1 A good example of the hedgehog E Agdestein vs Adams, 1997  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 0-1 A nice smooth London game Carlsen vs Tomashevsky, 2016  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 Brilliancy from 14-year-old Canadian Yanofsky vs A Ismodes Dulanto, 1939  (C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0 Black smashes in the KID Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1 Anti-KID A Timofeev vs L Nozdrachev, 2014  (E90) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 Training with the French W Bialas vs Uhlmann, 1951  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 0-1 Gotta love a good queen sac! Karjakin vs A Esipenko, 2017  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 29 moves, 0-1 A great Spragget game K Spraggett vs P Lake, 1982  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0 Kotov demolishes Keres Kotov vs Keres, 1950  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0 A great Dutch game R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1 A second queen-sac Dutch game - by the same player G Goldsztejn vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2004  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 31 moves, 0-1 A Bologan bizarre S Guliev vs Bologan, 1993  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 33 moves, 0-1 153 games