Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
Very imaginative attack
Dorfman vs K Grigorian, 1977  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 22 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Svidler, 2016  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
A game which swings wildly back and forward
Lasker vs Blackburne, 1899  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
Astonishing final attack in a knife-edge position
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
Ingenious attack by the young Korchnoi
Taimanov vs Korchnoi, 1950  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 35 moves, 0-1
Lowenthal vs Morphy, 1858  (C42) Petrov Defense, 80 moves, 0-1
Amazing queen sacrifice
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Masterly strategy topped offby brilliant tactics
Korchnoi vs R Byrne, 1973  (E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
Model attack from French Defence
Short vs F Vallejo Pons, 2010  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
Tremendous seesaw tactical struggle
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Attack and counterattack clash with split-second timing
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Fantastic struggle between two great players
Keres vs Tal, 1959  (A16) English, 64 moves, 1-0
Black conjures up a swift attack from the opening
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
A brilliant attack by Black
Eliskases vs L Steiner, 1933  (A28) English, 22 moves, 0-1
Interesting king and pawn ending with sacrifice of passed pawn
V Chekhover vs Alatortsev, 1934 (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 74 moves, 1-0
G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952  (A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Against white's passive play Black unleashes sudden attack
N Riumin vs V Rauzer, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Fascinating positional battle between hypermodern and classical
Reti vs Rubinstein, 1923  (A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Kotov vs Szabo, 1953  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 39 moves, 1-0
resourceful attack by Black
A Sharafiev vs Zvjaginsev, 2016  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
Black gradually squeezes White
Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1946  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 42 moves, 0-1
Fantastic sudden attack!
Vyzmanavin vs M Ulybin, 1995  (A84) Dutch, 26 moves, 0-1
Orgy of sacrifices leading to a draw!
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Radjabov vs Nakamura, 2021  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1918  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
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