Sacrifice everything, get checkmate
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Tal Sacrifices Everything!
Tal vs NN, 1963  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
Nb4!! Qxd6!! Qd5!! Rxg7!! Rg8+!!
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
23. Be6+!!
Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
Two Rooks and a Queen for Checkmate
B Siff vs Kashdan, 1948  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1
How to win in 17 moves
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
How to win with your King
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Down Two Rooks and a Piece!
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
A Queen, A Bishop, Two Rooks for a Pawn!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
46... Rd1!!
Geller vs Averbakh, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
How to win with the Polish in 11 moves
Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
How to win with your King #2
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
How to win with your King #3
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
Closed Position Down A Queen!
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Two Bishops Dominate a Queen and a Rook!
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
Seemingly the Worst Move is the only Winning Move
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
"Defanged"
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
Insane Combination!!!
B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Najdorf Sacs 4 Minor Pieces!
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
4 Knights Next to Each Other is Checkmate
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
So Many Tactical Shots!
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
21 games |