The famous Fischer poisoned pawn game.
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
An early poisoned pawn game shows Keres' skill.
Keres vs A Fuderer, 1955  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0
Kramnik draws...but with style against the Opocensky.
Kramnik vs Anand, 2004  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
An early game-one of the earliest with 2.Nf3.
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Morphy fights some early (but now outdated) theory.
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
An early win with the Alapin...
N Minev vs Korchnoi, 1954  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 1-0
Closed Sicilian win with White.
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1869  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
A splendid trap with the Levenfish attack.
J L Alvarez del Monte vs C Hounie Fleurquin, 1961  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 9 moves, 1-0
How to FIGHT the Kan.
Reti vs Tartakower, 1914  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 66 moves, 1-0
,,,Preferably not like this, but if it works...
S Schiffer vs S Kock, 1999  (B40) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0
The Smith-Morra Gambit.
B Tan vs J Verwoert, 2000  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 1-0
Kramnik scores a win against the Najdorf...
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0
A pretty little trap...
S Kristjansson vs S Steindorsson, 2004  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 15 moves, 1-0
A nice little miniature from Carlsen.
Carlsen vs Deepan Chakkravarthy J, 2004  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
A crushing assault, or, the dangers of bringing out your Queen.
C Scheerer vs F Bindrich, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0
Incredible attack!
J Arizmendi Martinez vs Yagupov, 2003  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 16 moves, 1-0
You win by attacking.
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Everything you've ever learned about good play...
Mitkov vs S Matthews, 2004  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
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