Pawn storm reaching eight's rank McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 Castling simply sac the queen for mating attack! F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1 Steady pieces positioning until beautiful mating combination! J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 Precise subtle moves play accelerates game into mating attack Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 A charming mate! Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 Immortal game, white sacrificing almost everything to mate! Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Evergreen game. Deep and splendid queen sacrifice! Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Active play and charming finish N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1 Queen sac allows cornering king into lost position Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 Clinical swift demolition Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Ressources constantly renewed during attack until ... mate Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 Open lines, heavy artillery and... mate! J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1862  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1 Steady attack to reach minor pieces mate A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863   (C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Better development leading to queen sacrifice and mate J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1 Problemist ending! C Golmayo vs S Loyd, 1867  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 0-1 Trio 8th rank, K-Kt column and K-B6 attack seals beautiful win G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Attack, sacrifices and charming subtle conclusion Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0 Cavalry brilliantly dominates superior army! Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0 Sacrificing steadily to reach minor pieces mate NN vs Blackburne, 1884   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 Qf7+ mates... a few moves later with minor pieces! Prince Dadian vs Boulitchoff, 1882  (C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 White seems losing a piece, in reality initiates superb combo! Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 Queen sac initiates long king hunt ending with... mate! Prince Dadian vs Boutourlin, 1883   (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0 Queen suddenly overloaded by two bishops cannot prevent mate! S M Globus vs R Gross, 1884  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 Hunted king turns hunter for beautiful mating finish R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Heavy artillery demolition... Brutal yet beautiful Showalter vs Gossip, 1889   (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 Forceful attack, sacrifices and pretty mate with minor pieces! M Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1 Bishop sac preparing ... queen sac leading to ... pretty mate H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Sacrifices bamboozle king into fatal journey J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890   (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1 Superior development leading to swift demolition J G Colbourne vs Blackburne, 1894   (C22) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1 Powerful attack, neat tactics and... mate! Prince Dadian vs M Bitcham, 1892  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0 Attack play by both side, but white is the one killing first! Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0 Long combination leading to mate while being under mate threat Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Rook sacrifice on same square twice, leading to mating attack Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1 Problem like rook sac seals mate in all variations E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 Out of the blue finish, with quiet move before inescapable mate Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0 Bishop turns from defender to ultimatelly mating opposite king Vitacek vs Duras, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 26 moves, 0-1 Fine attack where dancing white pieces deliver pretty mate! J Caldas Vianna vs A S Paes de Barros, 1900   (C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0 Knight sac trap allows queen sac(!) mate combination! A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0 Incredible interception rook sac preparing bishop pin for win! A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1 Neat attack and finish! A Dod vs D Mills, 1903  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 Attacking while watching its back. Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0 An active bishop despite being pinned! J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben, 1905  (C13) French, 32 moves, 1-0 Crescendo attack, increasingly beautiful sacrifices and.. mate! Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Combinative play with conclusive finish! Duras vs H Wolf, 1907  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 Awesome tactics, white pieces raiding black king for mate J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908  (C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0 Edge play by black leads to abrupt early beautiful finish Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0 Nice attack with beautiful forceful mating finish! C Hartlaub vs V Benary, 1911  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 Queen sacrifice, infernal king hunt and mate! Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 Provocative looking queen offer seals the win S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Getting rid of a pin in astonishing manner (and win)! Duras vs Spielmann, 1912  (C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0 After piece sacrifice, white "casually" exchange queens! Reti vs Flamberg, 1912  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0 Brutal demolition can still be beautiful! C Hartlaub vs M W Testa, 1912  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0 Thunderbolt neat finish O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Brilliant zwichenzugs, with Queen sac twice! Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 Queen sac on empty square lures king into scissors R+B mate J F Smyth vs H Helms, 1915  (A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 0-1 Active play, open diagonals ... mate! V Kahn vs C Hartlaub, 1916  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1 A long beautiful king hunt J Perrier vs F J Wellmuth, 1917   (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0 Logical yet beautiful, simple yet deep, pristine game Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0 Superbe attack, and nice sacrifices... even at the end H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919   (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0 Ongoing queen sacrifice offer, until refusal bows to loss E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Queen sac for king hunt and ultimately... Mate! P Imbaud vs Strumilo, 1922  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0 Sacrifices for winning pawn(s!) promotion(s) Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 Positional domination followed by tactics leading to mate! Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 Queen sac allows slow burning attack to fire-up black king! Torre vs N Banks, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 Steady strategic attack, crowned with quiet lethal last move Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924   (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0 Better development, queen sacrifice offer(s!) until mate Alekhine vs L Kussman, 1924   (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0 Both sides almost won! Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 Virtuose tactical handling of pieces towards won end game Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Pieces develop in coordinating beautiful attack Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0 End game brilliant tactics! Reti vs P Romanovsky, 1925  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0 Surprise queen sac and nice tactical shots until mate! Najdorf vs L Frenkel, 1926  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 Brilliant counterattack! L Carranza vs Alekhine, 1926  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 18 moves, 0-1 Examplary blockade game Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 Beautiful queen then rook sacrifices for mate! Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 "Casual" sac of a piece for breakthrough into won position! Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 Queen sac, with logical impressive conclusion (wow & ouch)! Capablanca vs S Campos, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0 White "falls" in skewer trap, allowing beautiful sudden finish Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0 Black is about to kill, when tables turn with beautiful finish! Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0 White king position opened like a can by black pieces Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1 The art of attack: better position, sacrifice and... mate Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0 Nice intrusion, unexpected queen sac and ...beautiful mate! J Cukierman vs A Voisin, 1928  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 Problem-like mating finish Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1 Check met with... Checkmate! Alekhine vs A Popovic, 1930  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0 Queen sac and fantastic king hunt! F Hermann vs H Hussong, 1930  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1 Center pressure sets stage for nice back rank mate theme combo! E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Pieces develop to create irresistible attack and... Mate! Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 End game brilliant combination! Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Sacrificing the right piece; attack looks dead but...mate! Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933  (C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0 Aggressive play from both sides, beautiful tactics by winner! L Gabrovsek vs D Avirovic, 1933  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 1-0 In chess, mind triumphs over matter... E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0 Exchange sacrifices release powerful connected pawns for win Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1 Steady attack, crescendo sacrifices and ... mate!, Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1 Queen sac snowballs into nice mating net attack! Keres vs P Schmidt, 1936  (A25) English, 30 moves, 0-1 Vigorous treatment of opening, attack, king hunt... Mate! V Chekhover vs Kasparian, 1936  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 Pressure, and suddenly... queen sac for minor pieces mate! O'Kelly vs P Devos, 1937  (A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1 Neat simple compelling last move! E Karstens vs Friesicke, 1937  (B32) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0 Closed position opened by sacrifice for slow burning attack C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0 Unlimited sacrifices to focus on one weakness to bring mate! B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 Unbelievable KBP move initiates splendid attack! V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0 Black defends, but white saw the pin/skewer one move further! F Rada vs Kostal, 1942  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0 Knights attack jumping behind enemy lines! A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0 Nice strong attack with outstanding finish B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1 Surprise Queen sac leaves black locked in helpless position Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0 Black defense allows sudden mating aggression from white! Hill vs C Janeway, 1946  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0 Unbelievable Queen interposition wins the game! Y Rusakov vs B Verlinsky, 1947  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1 Rooks and then queen sacrifice for minor pieces mate Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Splendid king hunt with beautiful finale! Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1 Bishop, then Rook, then Queen sac for nice Knights finish! B Siff vs Kashdan, 1948  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1 Great attack, white getting caught by agile adverse pieces! I Lesnik vs J Siska, 1948  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 0-1 After queen sac, bishop retreats in post for deadly attack! Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1 Gambit sets up stage for pieces attack and pretty mate! E Diemer vs Schickner, 1950  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0 Precise attacking moves lead to inescapable mate. H Lehmann vs P Mueller-Breil, 1952  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 Precise tactical moves sequence leading to mate! S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 Great attack, and splendid final defense! G Ravinsky vs G Ilivitsky, 1952  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0 Seesaw windmill leading to squeezed black lost position M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953  (C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0 White brings complications, a great attack and a neat finish Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0 Nice tactics and ... queen sac for win with minor pieces! Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 Patience and technique... Bobotsov vs F Bohatirchuk, 1954  (A53) Old Indian, 106 moves, 1-0 Bishop sac initiates epic fight ending with mate! Bronstein vs Keres, 1955  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0 The art of the end game, two under-promotions to win! V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 Deep queen sacrifice D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 Nice attack with knight, pleasant finish with queen... E Chukaev vs Tal, 1956  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 27 moves, 0-1 Vigourous attack, subtle tactics in all directions and ... win! Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 Black pieces raid white's position with devastating effect... B Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957  (A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 27 moves, 0-1 Brilliant attack, then queen sac then ... mate! Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 Long term queen(!) sacrifice Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 Spectacular sacrifice to avoid losing a tempo for the win Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Complex attack, Queen sac and demolition ending with... Mate! Krogius vs Stein, 1960  (E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 Active play, queen offer, open lines, king hunt and mate! Taimanov vs Polugaevsky, 1960  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Black attacks, but white suddenly brings great mating combo! Bronstein vs Geller, 1961  (E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 A simple yet deadly bishop move erects mating net Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Out of the blue strategic queen sac, attack and won end game! R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 Attack, playing subtle moves before bringing the storm Spassky vs Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 Mysterious sac prepares queen sac for king hunt and mate! Y Troinov vs L Popov, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0 White wins exchanges, but adverse pawns pack prove too strong Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 White two central pawns "buldozer" black's position! Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0 Games ends with beautiful unexpected combination! Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0 Incredible rook (reciprocal sac) end game! Gligoric vs Stein, 1962  (E70) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1 Clever yet simple combination wraps the game! Stein vs Portisch, 1962  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0 Simple yet deadly rook blockade move leads to victory Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Rook sac ensables mobile pawns' winning invasion! S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1 Deep sacrifice open lines for mating attack. R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 Positional sac, ending with pretty tactics Ivkov vs D Ciric, 1963  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Fantastic bishop sac to allow running paws for winning ending! O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1 Win with pretty neat move! V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1 Positional piece sacrifice, beautiful tactics, and ... win! Tal vs Larsen, 1965   (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0 Surprise beautiful last move! Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1 Attack with subtle queen sac offer(s) and win... Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 The art of penetrating the adverse position! N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 Beautiful attack! Tal vs Portisch, 1965  (B10) Caro-Kann, 27 moves, 1-0 Great attack supported by outstanding tactics! Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0 Exchange sacrifice sets stage for firework ending! Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Simple move prepares sparkling forceful finish! Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 Pins and other tac-tricks lead attack to... Mate! Korchnoi vs M Udovcic, 1967  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0 Brilliant attack! Spassky vs K Langeweg, 1967  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0 Queen: subtle move, later followed by conclusive mating sac! Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 1-0 Nice attack, and fantastic rook zwischenzug leads to win! Karpov vs E Gik, 1968  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 Pieces sacrificed while pawn runs to victory Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 Black seems succeeding when surprise mating attack hits back! Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0 Beautiful interference move seals the win! V Osnos vs J Yuchtman, 1969  (A56) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 Surprise beautiful queen sac decides the game! Tal vs Suetin, 1969  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0 Clever Queen sac, and win! Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0 Beautiful Queen sac, attack, and final move! J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1 Deviation sacrifice allows lethal pawn intrusion attack Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 White seems losing until combination from out of space arises Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0 White buried in a tomb! B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 Epic battle, unbalanced material endgame... thrilling! Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1 Positional domination, crushing termination! Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0 Sacrifice and king attack...with own king(!)... fantastic win! Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 Under threat, black produces splendid attacking tactics Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1 Vigorous attack, with nice queen sac mating finish! H Ottevaere vs K Falleyn, 1973  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 Fierce battle, with nice end mating net. L Perecz vs M Hever, 1974  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0 Deviation sacrifices and pins for mate! Tal vs W R Chandler, 1974  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0 Sacs seem to fail until more sacs drive king to mated position V Tsaturian vs Hodasevich, 1974  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0 Speculative looking move is attack driving to inescapable mate Vladimirov vs V Vorotnikov, 1974  (D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1 Neat finish Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 22 moves, 0-1 Art of attack by intruding knights and opening lines! M Sibarevic vs E Bukic, 1976  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0 Attack is settled by queen sac for massive pieces clean sweep! Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 Queen sac realises great light pieces activity! Hort vs Alburt, 1977  (A58) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1 Getting an extra queen and giving it up in order to win! G Moehring vs J Kaikamdzozov, 1978  (A56) Benoni Defense, 91 moves, 1-0 Problem like queen offer seals the win K Panczyk vs M Schurade, 1978  (D54) Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation, 21 moves, 1-0 Splendid attack, carried by unexpected yet efficient moves! L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 Subtle queen retreat is sign of winning attack! R Filguth vs A De La Garza Madero, 1980  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 19 moves, 1-0 Attacking game in storm demolition style! Beliavsky vs Larsen, 1981  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 A charming brilliant combinative attack Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 Brave pawn advance open lines for victory! J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0 A nice position where rook is better than queen! W Schmidt vs P Enders, 1981   (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 29 moves, 0-1 Crescendo beautiful attacking moves preparing firework finish! Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1 Crazy game! C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 Beautiful sacrifices, crazy tactics! A N Rubinsztein vs H Winkler, 1983  (C56) Two Knights, 40 moves, 0-1 Fantastic knight retreat pawn sac move in end game! Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 Sacrifice starts attack where mutual checks come like fencing! Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1 Black's attack is beautifully countered! S Polgar vs P Hardicsay, 1985  (A60) Benoni Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 Pawn sacrifice leading to strategic superiority and mate ending Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 A piece is lost, but a deep beautiful combination emerges! Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Fantastique rook sac offer for intrusion, and beautiful finish! Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 Queen seems trapped, in reality sacked for minor pieces win! P Kral vs D Barlov, 1987  (B32) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1 Queen sacrifice, pressure for mate and winning ending Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Queen sacrifice and mate with pawns and knight Tal vs R Forbis, 1988  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 Lovely and unexpected final mating combination! G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1 Brilliant attack with beautiful finish C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 Spectacular counter attack Beliavsky vs Kasparov, 1988  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 29 moves, 0-1 Ambitious queen sacrifice ending with picturesque mate Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 Queenside is abandoned to start great mating attack on kingside Kasparov vs Smirin, 1988  (E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 White king forced into the enemy's camp, and ... mated! Piket vs R Douven, 1988  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1 Crushing attack and splendid finish! Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0 Piece sac to corner king, and double promotion sac to mate him! A Sznapik vs Balashov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 68 moves, 0-1 Phenomenal attack, brilliant tactics! Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Agile minor pieces find ongoing resourceful play towards win! Smyslov vs F El Taher, 1990  (A22) English, 25 moves, 0-1 Back rank sacrifice to avoid losing tempo for the mating attack Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1 Imaginative play, melee, and mate M Brodsky vs Kramnik, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1 Black promotes extra queen, but withe's attack is too strong G Minchev vs K Kolev, 1991  (A36) English, 37 moves, 1-0 Queen sac bombs fragile castle, for fatal king hunt journey! D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 Dark squares strategic exploitation, smart tactics - nice win! Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 41 moves, 1-0 Attack with a neat pretty conclusion Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0 Beautiful defensive sac, followed by nice attack and finish! Korchnoi vs Romanishin, 1992  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 28 moves, 1-0 Beautiful final mating combination! J Xie vs J Demina, 1992  (B58) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1 Deep pawn sacrifice leading to better play and mate Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1 Slow burning attack ends with beautiful neat finish! S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 Minor pieces surround adverse King and find nice way to mate! G Grigore vs F Holzke, 1993  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 31 moves, 1-0 Strategic queen sacrifice, better play and win! Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 Surprise rook sacrifice offer - twice! Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 Wild wild attack, with both sides' queens "en prise"! Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 Sudden attack out of nowhere concludes in winning ending! Shirov vs Polgar, 1994  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1 Sac drives game into long beautiful tactics battle! Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 Tight rope active imaginative defense shifts to... mate! Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1 Sacrifice for steamrolling passed pawn! Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0 Splendid deflection seals mating conclusion! J Bellon Lopez vs A Antunes, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0 Deep preparation sacrifice, leading to winning endgame Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0 Sacrifice starts attack, then queen sac, king hunt and... mate! R Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Counter attack on opposite castles and... mate! Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1 Superb queen sac drives games into fire play! Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 Pressure in the center gets swapped by superb unexpected move Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0 Double rook sac, lively attack and won ending! S Atalik vs Sax, 1997  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0 A great finish! Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1 Move 47 maybe only move a "normal" player would never envisage Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1 Queen sacrifice melee and... nice minor pieces mate! Navara vs J Helbich, 1998  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0 Attacked rook escapes to... attacked square for... more attack! Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0 Splendid surprise queen sac enables finishing beautiful attack! K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0 Stunning rook sac allowing attack to develop and win! Kramnik vs Shirov, 1998  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 Witty finish! J Echavarria vs J Szmetan, 1999  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 53 moves, 0-1 Masterpiece attack, ongoing spectacular fireworks coups! Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 Black king's defense seem demolished, but counter-attack wins Anand vs Kasparov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 50 moves, 0-1 Pieces sacrifice allow pawn chain avalanche to deliver the win Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1 Defensive inaccuracy translates into devastating mating ending! C Parker vs I Myall, 1999  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1 Attack, counter-attack, and final attack! Anand vs Svidler, 1999  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0 246 games