T Bowdler vs H Conway, 1788  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
T Enkhbat vs Shulman, 2002  (E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
A theme of these sacs: pulling the queen away from the action
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Blackburne vs NN, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Blackburne: Patron saint of double rook sacs.
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
A worthless queen is well worth a rook
S Atalik vs Sax, 1997  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
For once, pulling a rook out of the way
J M de Oliveira Gomes vs J G Caetano Netto, 1942  (C46) Three Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Piotrowski vs J Sokolow, 1971  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933  (C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Development over material!
J Tolosa vs Joan Carbo i Batlle, 1898  (C28) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
White gets it Back
A Ostapenko vs Yartsev, 1969  (B89) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Of course, Dadian had one.
Prince Dadian vs Count Kreutz, 1891  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
O Ekebjaerg vs G Timmerman, 1991  (C27) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1
White throws in the Queen for good measure
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
Some exchange sacs
Topalov vs Aronian, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Exchange sac, straight sac, win!
Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Torre vs E Z Adams, 1920  (C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
A A R Afifi vs Beliavsky, 1985  (A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
O H Labone vs NN, 1901  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
A personal favorite
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Nisipeanu vs A Florean, 1995  (C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Not a true double sac, but same priciple.
Janowski vs E Schallopp, 1896  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Z Vidor vs Szen, 1856  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
NN vs Bird, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1
With the Queen thrown in!
Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0
With the queen thrown in
NN vs E Diemer, 1978  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
I know, not really, but just look at it!
T Wall vs D Ippolito, 1998  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Even Rejecting it Won't Work!
C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
A Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1909  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
They all can't be winners
Steinitz vs Winawer, 1882  (C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
NN vs Burn, 1866  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1
Helmer vs J Krejcik, 1917  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1
H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
J J Rousseau vs D Hume, 1765  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
M Lange vs NN, 1855  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
O Martius vs K Darga, 1958  (B53) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
R Jedynak vs B Thorfinnsson, 2001  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0
T Beckers vs K Shirazi, 2008  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Compare the back ranks
I Abraham vs G Janny, 1923  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
S Chanda vs S Himanshu, 2006  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
W Schwartz vs Kieseritzky, 1842  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs J T Fletcher, 1969  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs Lusikal, 1951  (D85) Grunfeld, 26 moves, 1-0
T Bakre vs B Zawadzka, 2004  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 27 moves, 0-1
A Beauty among Beauties
L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Khalifman vs Serper, 1994  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
N Gaprindashvili vs R Servaty, 1974  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
A Planinc vs M Podgaets, 1970  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 20 moves, 1-0
The Thomas Crown Affair
P Morley vs G T Crown, 1945  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Mephisto vs NN, 1879  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
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