36 RxBg5! hxg5 giving up exchange for runner a- and h- pawns Larsen vs J Bednarski, 1967  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 1-0 35 Rxc6!! sacs material so the g,h pawns can beat rook Naiditsch vs Stellwagen, 2006  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 40 moves, 1-0 46 Qc3xNd3! gives up Q for N but passed pawns still on board Aronian vs Kramnik, 2007  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 50 Rc7xBd7! releases the light-squared blockade of passed pawns Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0 39 Rb8-h8+!! gives back whole rook so passed pawns win easily Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2008  (A58) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1 3 Qf3xf7+! gives up Q for R+P but doubled rooks then win easily I Cheparinov vs E Alekseev, 2008  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 35 moves, 1-0 29 .. Rf8xBf4! exchange comes off but connected passers stay on M Fierro vs Y Hou, 2009  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 31 moves, 0-1 V Iordachescu vs R Schmidt, 2010  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 37 b4-b5! sacs passer for "most winning rook ending I ever saw" Anand vs Topalov, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 1-0 9 games