Typical Morphy attack in Scotch, ending in Smothered Mate
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Back Rank Mate
Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
Anand gets Back Rank mate after Kh1
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
Nice Attack in Scotch Gambit
Paulsen vs Mackenzie, 1861 (C55) Two Knights Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Spectacular sacs
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Great Morphy Simul Blindfold Game in Scotch Gambit
Morphy vs P Dominguez, 1864  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Scotch-Nice Finish
Tarrasch vs Landau, 1880  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Two Bishops aka Boden's Mate
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
Evan's leads to 2 Bishop's Mate
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0
Queen-bishop battery checkmate
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit-Nice Play by White
Chigorin vs Alapin, 1885  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs G G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Morphy's Mate
G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Nice Scotch attack by Chigorin
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900  (C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Marshall's Max Lange Attack
Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1910  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Marshall beats Capa w Scotch
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Morphy's famous game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Najdorf plays like Morphy
Najdorf vs Piazzi, 1951 (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Steinitz "Immortal Game"
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Nimzo plays lihe morphy
Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Good examples of pins and back rank threats
Szabo vs Petrosian, 1953  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 39 moves, 0-1
Nice Petrosian queen sac
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Power of 2 Bishops
J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1916  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 0-1
A Queen is trapped
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0
Great KID attack- from Zurich 1953
Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1
Very fast game
Lusgin vs M Joffe, 1968  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0
Strong central outpost, flashy attack
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0
Kaspy's beats future world champ w Evans
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Typical Tal attack against Tal
Tal vs J G van Eybergen, 1959  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 0-1
Tal smashes the French Defense
Tal vs Uhlmann, 1971  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Great sac by Petrosian
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
Logical attacking play against Tal!!
Tal vs Aronin, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Energetic Tal Blitz attack
Reshevsky vs Tal, 1970  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 34 moves, 0-1
Even great players blunder
Kotov vs Petrosian, 1949  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 1-0
H Heider vs J Platz, 1920  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Queen sac
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
Capa's Kingside attack
Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Lasker makes a decisive interference move
Lasker / Maroczy vs NN, 1900  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Attacking uncastled king
Steinitz vs Meitner, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Queen sac for speculative attack- Brilliant!
Spielmann vs G Stoltz, 1930  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
Kramnik masterpiece
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0
Fischer KIA
Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Fischer's brilliant KIA
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Larsen Queen sac- Maroczy Bind
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Out-maneuvering Petrosian in Yugoslav
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1967  (E61) King's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
Gligoric sac vs Petrosian in KID
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1970  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Masterful attack by Petrosian
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Knight fork/back rank mate trick
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1970  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 35 moves, 0-1
Attack like a boa constrictor
Petrosian vs Taimanov, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Bondarevsky, 1950  (A92) Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0
Tripling on h-file
Robson vs Prasanna Raghuram Rao, 2004  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 26 moves, 1-0
Kudrin's Yugoslav
Kudrin vs M Ibar, 1990 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Removing the fiancetto Bishop
J A Morales vs F Perez Cameselle, 2001 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
Yugoslav breakthru
A Rott vs Jaroslav Fiala, 1990 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Yugoslav central attack
J Kostro vs A Gudmundsson, 1958 (B56) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Winning Yugo ending
Suetin vs V Barsauskas, 1957 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Sac, sac- Mate: Fischer's "patent"
Fischer vs Robatsch, 1962  (B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1-0
Another Fischer sac on h-file
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1959  (B56) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Winning by castling late! Sorry Donald
E Mednis vs D Byrne, 1956  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Sac sac mate
Matulovic vs L Crepinsek, 1967 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Easy to understand attack
S Silveira vs G Cabezas, 2009 (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Tactics-especially pins ABCD
H Wolf vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
Endgame Tactics- ABCD
T H Tylor vs Sultan Khan, 1933  (C46) Three Knights, 60 moves, 0-1
Historic and Instructive World Championship Game
Topalov vs Anand, 2010  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 0-1
Rolling rooks mate
E Schallopp vs Gossip, 1890  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Anastasia's Mate. Very cool!
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Instructive attacking game
A Bayrak vs E Boric, 2009 (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0
Weeramantry vs J Ortega Valle, 2010  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 14 moves, 1-0
Attacking Petrosian style
Petrosian vs A Sidorov, 1950  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
Central Domination
P Patankar vs A Deshpande, 2008  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Romantic attacking game
Charousek vs G Exner, 1897  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Opposite side castling & nice finish
Landa vs A Ivanov, 1985  (C26) Vienna, 23 moves, 0-1
Two minor pieces beat a Queen!
H Uuetoa vs A Mayo, 1999  (A10) English, 48 moves, 0-1
Capa's little combo's
Capablanca vs A Becker, 1929  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Capa's 21 Nd5 beautiful finish!
Capablanca vs C Portela, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
Typical attack - opposite side castling
C van Oosterom vs P Hulshof, 2009  (B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0
Typical Tal attack
Tal vs Tolush, 1957  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Imaginative play by Tal
Tal vs Tolush, 1958  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 28 moves, 1-0
Who needs a queen?
Kasparov vs Yusupov, 1994  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Another Kaspy Scotch
Kasparov vs Leko, 1997  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Kasparov Scotch
Kasparov vs Short, 1992  (C45) Scotch Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Blackburne scotch attack
Blackburne vs J Fish, 1878  (C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Fischer master attack
Fischer vs Panno, 1970  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Brilliant KIA/Benoni Reversed by Capa
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924  (A08) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Anand sacs in the KIA - poor knight
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1994  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
Pins & Forks & Back Rank Mate in KIA
G Vescovi vs Gulko, 2003  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's KIA ties his opponent in knots!
Petrosian vs I Kan, 1955  (A08) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Positional KIA
E Paehtz vs Nadezda Stojanovic, 2000  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Fischer Vienna Trap
Fischer vs M McDermott, 1964  (C26) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0
Anderssen positional play
Anderssen vs Szen, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Pin, Fork, Removing Guard- effortless looking win!
Kieseritzky vs Anderssen, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1
Instructive series of blows beginning w 29..Bb5!
Kieseritzky vs Anderssen, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1
Great attacking game- Spanish fried liver?
Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0
Petrosian stops Fischer's winning streak
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0
Even World Champions can lose their way
Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1959  (E61) King's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
Instructive Kingside sac & attack
Gligoric vs P Bidev, 1946  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Miles brilliant king attack vs Spassky
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
An instructive game- attack, defense, etc.
Chigorin vs M Judd, 1889  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Blackburne pries open castled position wth a sac
Blackburne vs Blanchard, 1891  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Gambit vs French- Black never castles
G Welling vs W Halve, 1977 (C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 1-0
Black keeps the initiaitve
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922  (C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game w Qh4
P Poobalasingam vs J Radovanovic, 2008  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Byrne presurrizes Black until he cracks
D Byrne vs Myagmarsuren, 1962  (A16) English, 44 moves, 1-0
Nimzo Manuevers
Nimzowitsch vs V Buerger, 1927  (A16) English, 61 moves, 1-0
Carlsen calls this an 'easy win'
Carlsen vs H Wang, 2011  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Black's excessive pawn moves are elegantly punished
A Ivanov vs Weeramantry, 2003  (B07) Pirc, 19 moves, 1-0
Carlsen overwhelms a GM in 19 moves!
Carlsen vs Dolmatov, 2004  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Naka punished for 2. Qh5?!
Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Naka uses e5 square and extra space. Qc7?? is a blunder
Nakamura vs I Krush, 2011  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
A "Double Pin" on the f6 Knight
Zevetov vs A Yakimov, 1982  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0
Quick Sacrificial attack in Bb5 Sicilian
Toufighi vs Yueh Wei Po, 2007 (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
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