One king move, one rook to sac, only one queen to mate!
Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 1-0
Promoted queen loses against the R+N couple!
E Blomqvist vs C Cederstam Barsk, 2014  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
Bartel's journey to the Romantic Era with the Canal Attack!
M Bartel vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Y Yu vs Dominguez Perez, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0
"Lead a Horse to Wouter"
Ganguly vs Spoelman, 2011  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
S Ter-Sahakyan vs Duda, 2013  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 92 moves, 1-0
S Ter-Sahakyan vs Ponomariov, 2016  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 72 moves, 1-0
These kind of intuitive sacs will be the future of our game.
Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016  (B50) Sicilian, 78 moves, 1-0
One of the best of the decade? Of the ongoing century, that is!
V Gunina vs W Ju, 2013  (A21) English, 30 moves, 1-0
"Turn it Up to Levon"
Aronian vs Giri, 2016  (A20) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Shankland vs S P Sethuraman, 2016  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 75 moves, 1-0
The major upset of the Women Olympiad in Baku
D Reizniece-Ozola vs Y Hou, 2016  (A14) English, 51 moves, 1-0
D Howell vs Buhmann, 2013  (C58) Two Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Not just another wild Maze on the King's Indian...sharpest!
M Ragger vs S Maze, 2016  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 49 moves, 1-0
J F Cubas vs D Mastrovasilis, 2014  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 61 moves, 1-0
Weak back-rank? With 32.Qg8!! you now get the weak second-rank!
R Mamedov vs U Bajarani, 2010  (B53) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Coordination, precision...worth a piece to win everything else!
Duda vs I Beradze, 2014  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 1-0
Who wouldn't read a Bok with a 24.Qe6!! in its cover.
B Bok vs Spoelman, 2014  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Deforestation of the Baobabs Foreest.
J van Foreest vs J Bai, 2015  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
The "Romantic XIX Century-Style" Game of the World Rapids '16.
Radjabov vs O Bortnyk, 2016  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Gashimov's madness quest on the Sicilian Najdorf
Giri vs V Gashimov, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 0-1
Most unusual decoy sac 21.Bd8!! leads to a Zugzwang ending!
A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
Paragua's sparkling army's self-immolation to take out the King
M Paragua vs D Debashis, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
A ferocious game to define the Challenger for the World Title.
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0
Making wei for the new generation.
Wei Yi vs Y Wang, 2015 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
The Modern Chinese Immortal.
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Forced to win, Wei's stamina leads to an increible endgame win!
Wei Yi vs Ding Liren, 2015  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 80 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Radjabov, 2016  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
M Rodshtein vs J Zhou, 2011  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 38 moves, 1-0
Adams vs Y Hou, 2017  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 70 moves, 1-0
B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017  (A47) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Vocaturo, 2016  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 41 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs X Bu, 2015  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Firouzja vs Bluebaum, 2017  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Ponomariov, 2014  (C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs C Li, 2011  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 36 moves, 0-1
I Nyzhnyk vs Giri, 2012  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Vitiugov vs Sasikiran, 2015  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
Y Yu vs Kramnik, 2014  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Shimanov vs V Rasulov, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Shimanov vs Jobava, 2014  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0
XXI Century Chinese Immortal
J Zhao vs D Xiu, 2011  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 37 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2015  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
F Vallejo Pons vs Radjabov, 2017  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 45 moves, 0-1
So vs Kramnik, 2015  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 76 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs Wei Yi, 2015  (A15) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Wei's only loss on his first Chinese Championship victory.
S Lu vs Wei Yi, 2015  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs Y Yu, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2013  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Dominguez Perez vs Jakovenko, 2015  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
Qun Ma vs Q Liu, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
30-move long Queen+Rook dance won British Ch. 'Best Game'
J Hawkins vs J Emms, 2017  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 66 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Adams, 2013  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
P Dukaczewski vs A Zaibi, 2014  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
Ganguly vs P Tregubov, 2016  (C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs Qun Ma, 2017  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Giri, 2016  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
G Halvax vs A D Ivanova, 2012  (C42) Petrov Defense, 85 moves, 1-0
A Fawzy vs P Maghsoodloo, 2017  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Negi, 2011  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 98 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Bluebaum, 2017  (A06) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
P L Basso vs A Korobov, 2017  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 37 moves, 1-0
M Mchedlishvili vs R Sangma, 2014  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
H Ni vs Le Quang Liem, 2012  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs C Balogh, 2012  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Le Quang Liem vs V Kunin, 2017  (A10) English, 60 moves, 1-0
So vs Ding Liren, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs Aronian, 2013  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
M W Brown vs Z Almasi, 2017  (A10) English, 74 moves, 1-0
Rapport vs Fressinet, 2015  (A03) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
M Chigaev vs V Malakhov, 2015  (A03) Bird's Opening, 96 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs So, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Svidler, 2017  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 32 moves, 1-0
J van Foreest vs S Kutzner, 2016  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 65 moves, 1-0
Karjakin vs Anand, 2016  (A06) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs C Li, 2015  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1
E Najer vs Mamedyarov, 2017  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
Xiong vs So, 2017  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
Nisipeanu vs I Bukavshin, 2015  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 69 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs Navara, 2016  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Karjakin vs A Esipenko, 2017  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 29 moves, 0-1
S Volkov vs Svidler, 2017  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
S Volkov vs B Socko, 2014  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 45 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs X Bu, 2017  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
Giri vs Aronian, 2012  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
S Bogdanovich vs Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy, 2017  (A12) English with b3, 86 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (A05) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
T Perske vs M Matlakov, 2017  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 82 moves, 1-0
Mamedyarov vs Aronian, 2014  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2016  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
E Romanov vs N Torosyan, 2018  (A48) King's Indian, 102 moves, 1-0
O Aharon vs Vocaturo, 2014  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 66 moves, 0-1
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