The King, his two pawns and a bishop afar.
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Out of the Blue
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1898  (C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
29. Ne4 lauches a brilliant combination by Tal the peerless
Tal vs P Kampenuss, 1953  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
23. Qg3. One of the most amazing moves ever
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Stranglehold
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Stranglehold Part Deux
Spielmann vs M Walter, 1928  (B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit and Sacrifices Galore
Spielmann vs M Elyashiv, 1903  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Capa the positional genius
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Magical ending combination by Capa
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Knight Rider
Anand vs Ponomariov, 2002  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 46 moves, 1-0
Classic Petrosian
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Another Classic Petrosian
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956  (A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Amazing Mate
Najdorf vs NN, 1942  (C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
Tal chaos
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Beautiful Knight Mate
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
When Chucky Mate Gary.
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Knight Larceny
Larsen vs A Matanovic, 1965  (E07) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Two rook sac and King hunt
A A R Afifi vs Beliavsky, 1985  (A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Brilliant miniature
Beliavsky vs Gelfand, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Morphy's Sweet Mate
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal Fever
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1970  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Zukertort King's Gambit Masterpiece
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Mecking a Mess
Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
James Bond
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Rubenstein's immortal game
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Beautiful mate by Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs K Satzinger, 1914  (A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Mindblowing
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Brilliant
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Brilliant Game from the best player to never be WC
Keres vs Petrov, 1940  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Beautiful Mate
C Golmayo vs Sam Loyd, 1867  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Magnificent Magnus
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0
Anand destroys Chucky
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
Out of the world king walk
H Geiger vs W Wurm, 1926  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 39 moves, 0-1
Positional Crush: Hugo Sweating
Maroczy vs H Suechting, 1905  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Beautiful combination
K Zambelly vs Maroczy, 1897  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Queen in prison
Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
Bronstein's beauty
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
Anand's mate
Anand vs Vaganian, 1995  (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Game of the Century?
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Traxler's Deep Traction
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Crazy Game
Bareev vs Smirin, 2002  (E97) King's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1
The late Tal. Brilliant to the end.
Tal vs V Landero, 1992  (B10) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
Tal Blitz
Tal vs Dzindzichashvili, 1991  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
The King returns home: Tal's last bow.
Tal vs V Akopian, 1992  (B30) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Beautiful game from a Romantic age
Falkbeer vs Anderssen, 1851  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Anand's Best Game?
Anand vs Ftacnik, 1993  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Castling mate by Anand!
Anand vs Svidler, 1999  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0
Masterclass
N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
Rashid the Brilliant
Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 28 moves, 0-1
The Python Strangles
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Blindfold Blackburne
Blackburne vs NN, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Fox rams through the Barn
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
Underpromoted Game
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
Beautiful mate
T H Tylor vs W Winter, 1933  (A47) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Beautiful!
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Amazing game by Kamsky
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1
Magnificent Tal in his Autumn
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
Brilliant!
Winawer vs F Riemann, 1881  (C22) Center Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Shaq a leg!
Mamedyarov vs Lenderman, 2015  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 36 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs Geller, 1961  (E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
Ridiculous!
J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1
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