Reissman gets fastly outplayed by the giuoco piano
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0
Who said "boring"? A beautiful attack and king chase
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Simply outplayed...
P Leonhardt vs Maroczy, 1907  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1-0
20.Ne6!
Rossolimo vs A Dunkelblum, 1950  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
"A quiet variation, that leads mostly to a draw"
Najdorf vs P Trifunovic, 1949  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0
Be Careful...
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Petrov's immortal game (who said "boring", again?)
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Euwe plays the Moller attack and a queen sac
Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0
A smothered mate of 4 centuries ago
NN vs Greco, 1620  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1
Keres gives away a knight, a rook and a pawn, then wins
Keres vs W E Kunerth, 1935  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
A very aggressive Steinitz announces mate in 11!
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
An uncommon GP variation: the Hungarian defense
Rossolimo vs Euwe, 1953  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 68 moves, 1-0
An uncommon closed variation from the romantic era
Harrwitz vs Horwitz, 1846  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
...and he was playing blindfolded vs 55 other players !
Koltanowski vs F Lynch, 1960  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Morphy's sac on f7, Episode I : Smothered Mate
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Morphy's sac on f7, Episode II : King Chase
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Another deadly miniature, featuring a Moller attack
W Cohn vs L Forgacs, 1905  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0
A brilliant Pianissimo by Burn
Burn vs J Mieses, 1889  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0
The best defense is counter-attack!
Ragozin vs Gligoric, 1947  (C59) Two Knights, 45 moves, 1-0
The Gioco Pianissimo strikes back!
Gelfand vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 1-0
A romantic uncommon variation of the Giuoco
Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
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