F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007  (B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
A Ostapenko vs Yartsev, 1969  (B89) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
I guess everyone's seen this by now!
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
Yoel Aloni vs Botvinnik, 1964  (A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
who's winning in the end?
I Jelen vs Larsen, 1977  (A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
3 pieces for a Q
Steinitz / Hirschfeld / Mason vs Zukertort / Bird / Hoffer, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1
Max Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
possibly the best king walk of them all
H Geiger vs W Wurm, 1930  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 39 moves, 0-1
"end to end" stuff
Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1
Kill or be killed
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
nice knights
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0
one of the all time great queen sacs!
Keres vs Spassky, 1955  (E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Great game. Incredible Q-sac, but is it sound?
S Khavsky vs Korchnoi, 1950  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 31 moves, 0-1
Just how a Sicilian should be
Kudrin vs M Wilder, 1987  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 34 moves, 0-1
Another victory for Short's 12 ... d5
Naiditsch vs Mamedyarov, 2010  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 0-1
The long pin
Ponomariov vs Naiditsch, 2010  (E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 46 moves, 1-0
Wow!
Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 81 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Another fantastic king walk
V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
"Uncommon Opening"!
R Fontaine vs NN, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Being unpredictable
H H Cole vs N van Lennep, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
The king walks to safety
A Mongredien vs Anderssen, 1857  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0
Two queens and he still lost
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1898  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
zugzwang!
M Stoeckert vs V Malinin, 2004  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
The Old Man and the C
Caruana vs Korchnoi, 2011  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1
pawn avalanche
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Knight Knight
Miles vs Nunn, 1976  (E92) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1
Sabau snack on Apple Jack
I Sabau vs A J Goldsby, 2003  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0
Weird game
F Wuts vs A Kohler, 2001  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
great zugzwang!
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
Don't bother with defence!
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Blindfold Game
Alekhine vs N E Schwartz, 1926  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 54 moves, 1-0
Nunn expects the Spanish Inquisition
Timman vs Nunn, 1983  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 28 moves, 0-1
Second to Nunn
Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1
N sac to open up the uncastled K
M Esserman vs Van Wely, 2011  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 26 moves, 1-0
Great finish
Morozevich vs Grischuk, 2011  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
great winning combo starting on move 32
Oll vs Shaked, 1997  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 35 moves, 1-0
Another dull draw!
F Braga vs Timman, 1982  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
2011 World Cup Rnd 3 - Chucky needs to win to stay in!
Sutovsky vs Ivanchuk, 2011  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
when 2 queens just isn't enough!
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994  (E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1
Miles better
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
the power of pawns
M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
amazing finish
G Gauglitz vs C Horvath, 1987  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 0-1
How to play the Evans
Staunton / Owen vs Lowenthal / Barnes, 1856  (C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
neat finish
T Georgadze vs A Kuindzhy, 1973  (B27) Sicilian, 48 moves, 0-1
Tetris
Nakamura vs McShane, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 0-1
Great mate
Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1
another great K walk
D Barron vs P Gardner, 2001  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
The advancing pawn decides black's fate
Zhao Jun vs Zhou Jianchao, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0
MVL on the rack
I A Nataf vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gajewski Gambit
V Kuznetsov vs G Gajewski, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
Electric Bill
Hartston vs A Whiteley, 1974  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
Exchange sac then piece sac to exploit the weaknesses
P Nikolic vs M Gurevich, 1993  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
The Hedgehog that Roared
Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1
"The Game of the Century"
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Repeated exploitation of a single tactical situation
G Meier vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012  (A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Bish, bash, bosh - bye bye Boris!
Gelfand vs Dreev, 1993  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 0-1
A game of two halves
Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991  (E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
A little boxed in
A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
Ginger Snaps
S Bekker-Jensen vs S Williams, 2013  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
Pawn storm with clever finish
P Ostermeyer vs Huebner, 1978  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Just mustn't let him castle!
M Esserman vs P Nutzman, 2009  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 28 moves, 1-0
A bit of a blockage
Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
19th century King's Gambit
de Riviere vs H Baucher, 1859  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
Spectacular - possibly unsound - Q sac
Spielmann vs Stoltz, 1930  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
Conquest!
J Gallagher vs S Conquest, 1988  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
Stunning attack.
Shirov vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
Another neat finish
Velimirovic vs Csom, 1974  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
Sac the R, sac the Q, ... mate
D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 36 moves, 0-1
Very neat finish
J Sieglen vs K Wesseln, 1989  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 35 moves, 0-1
Another great king walk
J van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
KID g-file attack
Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1
Q-sac on move 10 pays dividends 13 moves later!
Z Frankel vs R Court, 1964  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0
Great endgame tactics
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1913  (C49) Four Knights, 108 moves, 1-0
Early exchange sac for lasting advantage
Aronian vs McShane, 2012  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
Trojan Horses
Bronstein vs Zamikhovsky, 1970  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Another great king walk
I Cheparinov vs Sutovsky, 2013  (D85) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0
A long walk for a Short king
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
20...Qc5!
A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014  (A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1
Double piece sac with both tactical and positional elements
Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 47 moves, 0-1
Which attack gets there first?
D Kononenko vs M Lukyanov, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 1-0
On the Wei to winning Tata Challengers
Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
2014 game of the year
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
44.Kg1!!
Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 1-0
Prisoners in their own castle
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
Controlled chaos
Hartston vs Westerinen, 1973  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
How to Train Your Dragon
T Bakre vs B Kadziolka, 2004  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 27 moves, 0-1
So sad to see Sergey fight back
W So vs S Fedorchuk, 2015  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 31 moves, 0-1
Hide your king in the corner (the FAR corner, that is!)
Navara vs Wojtaszek, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1-0
Mate me in St Louis
W So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
Maybe the best stalemate ever
Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Great Q-sac combo
Ponomariov vs Wang Hao, 2007  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 0-1
Nip and tuck
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2010  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 53 moves, 1-0
We're going on a king hunt!
R Cifuentes vs V Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
wide open spaces
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Brilliant 10 move mating combo
C Holt vs L Milman, 2011  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Missed Opportunities
E J Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973  (B07) Pirc, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
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