♖♘♘ is enough to promote 2 ♕s!
Z Zhang vs Sadvakasov, 2005  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 97 moves, 1-0
After 9...Nxc4?? you also may have thought it was over, right?
A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2002  (B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Vepkhvishvili vs A Berdzenishvili, 1981  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 0-1
The true brutal power of the minorities-Unique mating position!
Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
The second masterpiece by the king of the power of minorities.
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
My king was being prosecuted but he was Miles ahead!
Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1978  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0
Bologan's resourcefulness revealed on his last pawns!
Kotronias vs Bologan, 2007  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 55 moves, 0-1
If Petrosian sacs Queen, positional annhilitation is expected!
Pachman vs Petrosian, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1
Queen's a low cost for the lone Queen-King stuck between Rooks!
Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
Immortal among immortals! Gusev's army tie down Queen and Rooks
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk's the name, 21.Qg7!! the surname.
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Planinc's a renowned adept of the minorities clash vs Queen.
Westerinen vs A Planinc, 1970  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1
Kholmov vs W Pietzsch, 1965  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1
Belov vs V Prohorov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 82 moves, 0-1
Queen sac unleashes brutal minor pieces attack on lonely King.
A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017  (A47) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1
Adams vs Y Hou, 2017  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 70 moves, 1-0
K Treybal vs F Kafka, 1921  (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0
Avrukh vs N Guliyev, 2006  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Two Queens helpless against a savage King and dominant army.
R Franz vs Mayet, 1858  (C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Short, 1995  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 60 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
M Thinius vs V Beim, 1993  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 0-1
G Veltkamp vs S Jessel, 2017  (C00) French Defense, 56 moves, 1-0
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gligoric vs Bobotsov, 1960  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0
F Sideifzade vs Gipslis, 1983  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
A Hollis vs F Baumbach, 1973  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Moewig vs R K Kieseritsky, 1905  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 66 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
After exhausting battle, Knights and 3 Pawns provoke ceasefire
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Nataf vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
I K Sukandar vs N Zdebskaja, 2007  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0
Shen Yang vs J Zhou, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Larsen, 1971  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
Mequinho's comeback displays creative and intuitive attacks.
Mecking vs Shirov, 2017  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dubious Q/RNN exchange leads to 62.Ne6+!! (Domination)
M Petrosyan vs S Pavlov, 2017  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Timman, 1988  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0
Unusually forced windmill annihilates and leaves a passed pawn
L'Ami vs Van Wely, 2017  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 45 moves, 1-0
M Ashley vs Weeramantry, 1991  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0
Krogius vs A Kuznetsov, 1962  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Black blundered 5 moves short of a draw by 50-moves!
D Howell vs Graham J Moore, 2017  (B07) Pirc, 108 moves, 1-0
A fascinating chapter for the "poisoned" b2-pawn capture debate
Vitiugov vs I Lysyj, 2014  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1
K Baranov vs N Grigoriev, 1919  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 0-1
B Lalic vs Khalifman, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Adianto vs N Mariano, 2005  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs N Delgado Ramirez, 2005  (B58) Sicilian, 72 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Negi, 2011  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 98 moves, 1-0
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
A Kosten vs R Zelcic, 1992  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Xu Jun vs Ivanchuk, 1993  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 62 moves, 0-1
So vs Ding Liren, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1943  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
Suetin vs Bagirov, 1963  (B83) Sicilian, 84 moves, 1-0
Short vs R J Miles, 1976  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
R Bergersen vs I Gundersen, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs T Hillarp Persson, 1997  (B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 0-1
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
Giri vs Lupulescu, 2017  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 51 moves, 1-0
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
Shabalov vs Bologan, 2005  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 76 moves, 0-1
K Aseev vs Motylev, 1998  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
O Adu vs B Lugo, 2004  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0
S Volkov vs C Balogh, 2007  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
G Zaichik vs Bronstein, 1980  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
One of the least convincing Viktor's Queen sacs scored victory.
Filip vs Korchnoi, 1954  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 56 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 0-1
S Kindermann vs Yusupov, 1995  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 82 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs A Chase, 1922  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 50 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2017  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Grischuk, 2013  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
One of the longest fights between a Queen and minorities
V Neverov vs A Mastrovasilis, 2005  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 148 moves, 1-0
A Shariyazdanov vs B Zueger, 1998  (A57) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
K Treybal vs Petrov, 1933  (B58) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1
V Kuznetsov vs G Gajewski, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Navara, 2018  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 45 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Herzfeld, 1893  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 1-0
Oll vs Barsov, 1986  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 103 moves, 1-0
A Raetsky vs N Miezis, 2000  (C02) French, Advance, 51 moves, 0-1
P H Nielsen vs Goldin, 2001  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1-0
Alburt vs Kasparov, 1982  (E73) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs V Eingorn, 1980  (A21) English, 71 moves, 0-1
Matulovic vs Mecking, 1967  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 41 moves, 1-0
N Puric vs V Ianov, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 104 moves, 0-1
I Salgado Lopez vs D Debashis, 2014  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 62 moves, 1-0
S From vs T Rosenlund, 1981  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Chernin vs A Utnasunov, 2000  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 146 moves, 1-0
A Diamant vs M Yilmaz, 2009 (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 77 moves, 1-0
Ed. Lasker / Allies vs Marshall / Allies, 1916  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
The Batavo 'Bryntse' Gambit - anyone?
A Bryntse vs G Osterling, 1968  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
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