brilliant 3 piece sacrifice
Y Hou vs J Jackson, 2016  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 33 moves, 1-0
most famous game all time??
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
completely ridiculous sacrifice
Tal vs Portisch, 1965  (B10) Caro-Kann, 27 moves, 1-0
some weird forks
Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1
dragon - tal gives up all his pieces
Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
10 moves! q sac leads to mate on f7
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
3 en passants!!!
Kudrin vs R Douven, 1989  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 51 moves, 1-0
horsing around
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
down a knight + smother
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
en passant mate!!!
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
queen sac mate
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
kasparov does not want his rooks
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
fried liver + mate with one bishop
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
underpromotion leads to mate on move 7!
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
take my queen! please!
Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
clever ending
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
sadistic king hunt. traxler counterattack by the man himself
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
"kilkenny" gambit?
S Williams vs V Nevednichy, 2016  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
scandinavian + fork to win
Schlechter vs J Mieses, 1909  (B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 0-1
open square knight sac
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
topalov with the knight sac
Topalov vs Anand, 2010  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0
ridiculous opening
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
judit attacks viciously, down two pieces
Polgar vs Anand, 1999  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
brilliant attack, threat of 2 knight mate
Shirov vs Polgar, 1994  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1
sac fest
Jobava vs Carlsen, 2005  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
dutch - sac all 4 minor pieces
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
nezhmetdinov!! q sac + king hunt
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
amazing sacrifices
Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
yasser's favorite yasser game
Seirawan vs Kasparov, 1989  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
king walkin
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
octopus knight
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
my favorite yasser game
Seirawan vs Timman, 1990  (E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
my other favorite yasser game
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
2 knight mate
N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
more like giuoco forte
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
evans gambit, marvelous finish
Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
gotta be a world record for consecutive rook sacs
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
the most stunning castle i've ever seen
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
sibling rivalry, wild tactics, 41.Bxg5!!
Polgar vs S Polgar, 1993  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0
Bxh3 starts lots of sacrifices + tactics
I Balogh vs Polgar, 1984  (B30) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
brilliant endgame
Spassky vs A Bisguier, 1955  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 68 moves, 0-1
masterful endgame
Polgar vs Kasparov, 1996  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 90 moves, 0-1
london system + instructive endgame draw
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1947  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 115 moves, 1/2-1/2
incredible attack in the king's indian
So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
29...Rd2!!
A Greenfeld vs Polgar, 1989  (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
how many times can you sac on f6
A Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
blindfold b + n mate!
Ljubojevic vs Polgar, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 106 moves, 0-1
black crushes the alapin with some wild knights / exchange sacs
Blatny vs Jansa, 1986  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 0-1
yikes. incredible b + n mate / queen trap
Zakar vs Szabo, 1933  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 0-1
wild tactics, great defense
Benko vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0
nice attack in the caro
Karjakin vs Jobava, 2014  (B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 0-1
brilliant attack, white has no plan
Kharitonov vs Mamedyarov, 2003  (E91) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1
so many sacrifices
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
legendary and almost metaphorical
Tal vs V Akopian, 1992  (B30) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
karjakin with a nice win. "first blood" indeed
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1
brilliant attack
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
clever defensive resources
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
incredible ending
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956  (A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
queen sac for mate
Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
two of my favorite players clashing
Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
infamous draw
Huebner vs K Rogoff, 1972  (A15) English, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
simply incredible. levon used only 10 1/2 minutes!
I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1
attack uncastled king
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2006  (B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
wombo combo
Capablanca vs S Campos, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
tal mode
Tal vs Suetin, 1969  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0
advance french, sacs a bunch of stuff
Tal vs I Nei, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0
maneuver your stuff to the right places and then attack
Sveshnikov vs Razuvaev, 1988  (C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 1-0
still can't wrap my head around this game
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
who says draws are boring?
Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
'clean' mate
A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
powerful knight on f5
Kasparov vs Chiburdanidze, 1980  (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1-0
buck wild draw
Shimanov vs V Durarbayli, 2016 (A52) Budapest Gambit, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
wild, nice mate incoming. 29 Nh4 Qg2+!!
C Holt vs Nakamura, 2015  (E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
sac a rook on move 7!
Jobava vs B Savchenko, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
what is happening??!?
Anand vs Svidler, 1999  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0
endgame magic
Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2012  (C45) Scotch Game, 59 moves, 0-1
never stop attacking
Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
disgusting knights
I Mazel vs Botvinnik, 1938  (A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 11 moves, 0-1
all the pieces hanging
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
how to play the 4 pawns attack
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956  (E78) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
incredible interference tactics
Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
fascinating imbalance
Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1989  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
king hunt
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
trade the queen for the dark squares
P Carlsson vs I Sokolov, 2011  (C45) Scotch Game, 47 moves, 1-0
crushing attack
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
control the center
Van Wely vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2010  (A22) English, 40 moves, 0-1
give up rooks for diagonals
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
larsen caro
Foguelman vs Larsen, 1958 (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
bronstein caro crushing attack
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
caro kann gets wrecked, marvelous king hunt
Chiburdanidze vs Short, 1983  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
pin to win
W Hasenfuss vs Flohr, 1937  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1
miracle king run
Reti vs Tartakower, 1925  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 52 moves, 0-1
all the exchange sacs
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
major upset
D Reizniece-Ozola vs Y Hou, 2016  (A14) English, 51 moves, 1-0
q sac and some pesky dancing knights
M Gerusel vs Lombardy, 1957  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Nf6, the gift that keeps on giving
B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs Graf-Stevenson, 1942 (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0
Graf-Stevenson vs Semmler, 1932  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
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