Nice move continuation at the end
Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Great King Gambit game by Morphy
Morphy vs Bornemann, 1858  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
Morphy is blindfolded!
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0
Well thought
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Nice way to destroy a castle on king side
Nunn vs C Pritchett, 1986  (B89) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
Nice knight combination at the end
Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Interesting game from a Quebecer
A Lesiege vs Z Kozul, 1990  (D73) Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3, 61 moves, 1-0
Nice tactic to capture the queen
Fine vs A Kevitz, 1932  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
Never let a pawn going near the king...
R Pilgrim vs P McKenzie, 1988  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Very tactical: Beat the bishop and win the game!
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
What to do and what not to do in a King's Pawn Game
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Quick mate in a french defense: tarasch variation
I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0
Suicide+pawn eat and mate with the rook
Chiburdanidze vs Dvoirys, 1980  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0
Very tactical game: there is everything in it or almost!
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Nice tactic with the queen and the knight
Navara vs Z Ruzicka, 1997  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
?! One day I'm gonna learn something from this!
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Nice finish
Lasker vs S Polner, 1889  (C26) Vienna, 21 moves, 0-1
The importance of the bishop
Somacarana vs Cochrane, 1855  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Good knight sacrifice for a smothered mate
Koltanowski vs J Salazar, 1940  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Interesting
H Mas vs J E Garcia, 2009  (B07) Pirc, 27 moves, 1-0
knight + queen = win
V Kozomara vs R Byrne, 1967  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Interesting opening and incredible end
J Mieses vs NN, 1900  (C27) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Fine strategy
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice for a pin, then mate with the rook
Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0
How to break a wall!
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
Tal beat Korchnoi!
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1970  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Queen sacrifice then mate with bishop + knight
E Delmar vs NN, 1898  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Threath the bishop then mate with the knight+queen
Marshall vs H D Grossman, 1922  (C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0
The black queen can't stop the mate
Koltanowski vs Kearns, 1938 (B20) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
sacrifice the queen to up the pawn
J Cukierman vs Tartakower, 1930  (A47) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
protect the pawn to make it a queen
Short vs H Stefansson, 2002  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
nice tricks
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
Qb2! unblockable!
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
blackmar-diemer gambit!?
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
force a move of pawn then mate
Lilienthal vs Menchik, 1933  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Nice evans gambit
M Jolowicz vs Glunz, 1971 (C52) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
Nice pirc defense
Nakamura vs Smirin, 2005  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
c5 nice deep move by Morphy
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Endgame: Morphy Rook Move
Harrwitz vs Morphy, 1858  (A84) Dutch, 54 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs P S Leonhardt, 1912  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Endgame: Rd4, Give a Rook for a Queen
Mayet vs von der Lasa, 1839  (A80) Dutch, 55 moves, 0-1
Force the oponent to lose his queen but lose a piece
Torre vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1925  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
Instructive game by Keene
L Day vs Keene, 1985  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 25 moves, 0-1
Knight sacrifice for mate
Mamedyarov vs A Timofeev, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
Good tactical game
Tukmakov vs Korchnoi, 1970  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
French defense alapin gambit
K Kullberg vs Olland, 1920  (C00) French Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
Well seen
Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
White can't move his knight
de Firmian vs Granda Zuniga, 1996  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 0-1
Sacrifice his knights for some huge attack
Adams vs L Comas Fabrego, 1988  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice to make a way for mate
Dreev vs I Galic, 2008  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
sacrifice a knight then make a great combo
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982  (A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
Combo for a pin!
I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 28 moves, 1-0
How to moving out a king
Alekhine vs M Prat, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Nice tactic by Karpov
Karpov vs K Georgiev, 1994  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 34 moves, 1-0
Nice strategy by Fischer
H Goldhamer vs Fischer, 1956  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
Long range smothered mate + others tactics
A Bannik vs Tal, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
Nice tactic around the pawn
R Fontaine vs A Sokolov, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
Nice tactic with the queen
M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
There's something to learn from it
L Ogaard vs J Tisdall, 1987  (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 36 moves, 0-1
Bg6+! Amazing move!
B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop block 2 ways then mate with the rook
Robson vs B Finegold, 2011  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Nice tactic to take the queen
Karpov vs Sax, 1983  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
king gambit declined with black
Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1
Nice tactic: unstoppable mate
Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 0-1
nice minority attack by Euwe
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
a queen sacrifice to study
Charousek vs Englander, 1894  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Nice development and mate
Owen vs Burn, 1887  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
unstoppable pawn
Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
sacrifice the rook then get another rook!
Nakamura vs S Muhammad, 2004  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
Interesting game
M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953  (C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Some great tactics: how to snatch a piece
R Gonzalez vs Tal, 1992  (B32) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Bishop sacrifice make a passage for the queen
Timman vs C van Wijgerden, 1977  (A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Sacrificing the rook to pin the queen
Marshall vs Spielmann, 1908  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
spanish game
Lewis vs E L Dayton, 1942  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
sacrifices for development + bishop sacrifice for mate
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Sacrificing a rook to get a pawn/position
Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
sacrifice for a pin then mate
A Ertelt vs R Gralla, 2011  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 16 moves, 0-1
sacrifice in ruy lopez
Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0
Some good comments of Capa
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (B32) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
how to block a rook
B Jacobsen vs Chernin, 2009  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
some great gambits by polu
Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 73 moves, 1-0
How to quickly break the kingside with white
A Malachi vs A Bjornsson, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
tactic:1 pawn protecting 2 pieces
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1919  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
Great sac
J Bednarski vs J Adamski, 1978  (B83) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Philidor: the legal mate
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
Well done
F Zimmermann vs W Huebner, 1977  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
Nice reflexion
Spassky vs H Niedermaier, 1986  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0
Blocking the way for mate
Speelman vs Short, 1980  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 34 moves, 1-0
Bringing a combo out of nowhere
G Pirisi vs E Szalanczy, 1981  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 28 moves, 1-0
Interesting Windmill by Naka
A Bisguier vs Nakamura, 1998  (E70) King's Indian, 21 moves, 0-1
Sacrificing the queen to mate with the rook
Gheorghiu vs W Liu, 1982  (A61) Benoni, 24 moves, 0-1
Nice queen side development
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1922  (B15) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 0-1
Best endgame ever!
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1
Nice tempo and sacrifices
K Richter vs G G Alexandrescu, 1936  (C10) French, 27 moves, 1-0
Interesting development by Keres
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1936  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1
Interesting combination
Nakamura vs R Patterson, 2001  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
deep sac
H Danielsen vs C Hansen, 1997  (A56) Benoni Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
incredible discover check
M Rubil vs D Feletar, 2010  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Deep calculation
N Tegelman (Johansson) vs R Rey Ardid, 1933  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 47 moves, 1-0
Higher development=more sacrifices oportunities!!
S Takacs vs Rubinstein, 1929  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
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