subtle queen trap
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
D Paravyan vs S Golubov, 2018  (C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
the morphy long grind
J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
Gheorghiu vs Fischer, 1966  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
A Gorovets vs A Yusupov, 2012  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
everything is hanging
Tal vs H Hecht, 1962  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
connect 4
Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956  (C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0
beautiful queen sac for mating net
D Dvirnyy vs Shirov, 2020  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 0-1
A Yusupov vs P Enders, 1998 (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 58 moves, 0-1
M Esserman vs D Gukesh, 2017  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 1-0
as seen (partly) on netflix
Ivanchuk vs P Wolff, 1993  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
2x queen sac
F Vallejo Pons vs Karjakin, 2014 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 93 moves, 1-0
insane king hunt
Dubov vs R Svane, 2019  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
N Faulks vs Granda Zuniga, 2010  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 36 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs L Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
beautiful checkmate
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
q sac and king hunt
D Howell vs Buhmann, 2013  (C58) Two Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Vachier-Lagrave vs Rapport, 2019  (C02) French, Advance, 50 moves, 1-0
WHAT
Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
improving upon einstein. and they said it couldnt be done
M Esserman vs R Simpson, 2009  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1983 (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
judit's favorite move g4
J Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
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