Sac, sac, sac and underpromotion......
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
Three very very angry pawns....
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Jumping out of foxhole
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
First Woman GM meets Yugoslav Tal
Velimirovic vs N Gaprindashvili, 1984  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black Death got a new victim
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Not a countergambit, but still brilliant kinghunt
J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1
Is it Tal's spirit inside, or Karpov can attack too?
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Hungry Alekhine barbecues 11fish
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
Raul Virtuoso Capablanca
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Boa constrictor of chess
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
"I win brilliantly, I lose brilliantly" Najdorf
Letelier vs Najdorf, 1954  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Chess has got it's Mad Max
M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856  (C25) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0
Pawns are on the march!!!
S Bernstein vs E B Heal, 1940  (B06) Robatsch, 31 moves, 1-0
Who says King's gambit is dead???
Morozevich vs Anand, 1995  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
You think you've got me? You can only hope.....
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Sa, sac, sac...... f4 checkmate!!!
P Acs vs A Belezky, 2011  (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Not interested in a draw....
R Toran vs Tal, 1961  (A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1
Hey, I know how to sac a queen too!!
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Supposedly this guy killed romantic chess....
Steinitz vs W Wilson, 1862  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
I need no queen, thanks awfully....
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Notorious for long thoughts and killer moves....
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
Short player, long kingwalk....
Chiburdanidze vs Short, 1983  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
And this is how Evans Gambit set sails....
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1827  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Being up a piece is haunting Tal
Barcza vs Tal, 1971  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
Topalov's wonder knight is too much for Big Vlad....
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Castling on move 31... Kasparov surrenders....
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
Amazing game by Boris......
Gelfand vs Jobava, 2011  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 29 moves, 1-0
Who said draws are boring???
Svidler vs Grischuk, 2013  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Castling right into death.... Nice game Duda!!!
Khismatullin vs Duda, 2014  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 0-1
Larsen unleashing a vicious attack....
Larsen vs Chandler, 1987  (A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
He was called "The Boss".....
Velimirovic vs V Bukal Sr, 1971  (B89) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
Mecking making a checkmate....
Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Hiding king on g7 is not that great idea.....
W E Napier vs NN, 1904  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
"Better to be a legendary non-GM, than a non-legendary GM".....
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts......
Kotronias vs S Grigoriants, 2009  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 28 moves, 1-0
Double bishop sac to shatter the kingside. Well done dr Siggi!
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
The Boss dismantles Ljubojevic in an extremely sharp way.....
Velimirovic vs Ljubojevic, 1972  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0
"Hikaru sacrificed the kitchen sink". Y.Seirawan....
So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
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