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Krabbé's Most Fantastic Moves Ever Played
Compiled by generror
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I found this list at Krabbé's site https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/... and I thought this was a neat idea. Plus I liked his selection which isn't focused on the famous queen sacrifices, but more on true "wtf!?!" moments.

His list hast 110 moves, but but as a poor non-Premium member, I can only add 101 games to lists.

Missing:

#83: 15...Bc5 | Neikirch - Radulov, Sinaya 1964 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 Ba7 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1 f5 9.Rxe4 fxe4 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Qxf7 <Bc5> 16.dxc5 Be6 17.Qh5 Qd5 18.Nd2 h6 19.Nxe4 Bf7 20.Qg4 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Rd8 22.Qh4+ Kg8 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Bg8 25.h4 Ng6 26.Qh5 Qxg2+ 0-1

#75: 12.0-0-0 | Kotkov - Vistanetskis, Vilnius 1961 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6ep Nxd6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Bd2 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxd2 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nb3+ 15.axb3 Bh6+ 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Qe4 c6 18.Bc4 Bg7 draw

#73: 25...b3 | Garcia Palermo - Vera, Havana 1981 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bf5 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.Rd1 c4 11.b3 c3 12.Nf1 a6 13.Ne5 b5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qa3 Bxa3 17.Bxa3 b4 18.Bc1 a5 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.d5 c2 21.Rd2 c3 22.dxc6++ Kc8 23.Rd4 a4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.c7 b3 26.Rxa4 b2 27.Ra8+ Kd7 28.Rxh8 Ke7 29.Bf1 Nd5 30.e4 Nxc7 31.Bg5+ f6 32.Rc1 fxg5 33.Rxc2 b1Q and White resigned

#57: 24...Qb8 | Voronov - Estrin, Leningrad 1971 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2 g6 17.Ng5 Nh5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.g3 c4 20.Ng4 Bc5 21.Kg2 Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bg5 d3 24.Bxd8 Qb8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qd2 Rxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Bxf2 28.Bf6+ Nxf6 29.Kxf2 Qf8 and White resigned

#55: 11.Nxd7 | Shabalov - Ronin, Kiev 1983 | 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 a6 8.d4 Nc6 9.d5 Nxa5 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxc4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 Qf5 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kg7 22.Be4 Qe5 23.Qd7 Bc8 24.Qc6 Be7 25.Bf4 Qxb2 26.Bf5 Bf6 27.Bxc8 b3 28.Qb7 Bd4 29.Rf1 Rxc8 30.Qxc8 Qc2 31.Qb8 b2 32.Be5+ Bxe5 33.Qxe5+ Kh7 34.Qb8 c4 35.d6 c3 36.d7 Qd2 37.d8Q Qxd8 38.Qxd8 c2 39.Qd2 b1Q 40.Rc1 and Black resigned

#54: 27...Nh1 | P. v.d. Weide - Ligterink, Leeuwarden 1979 | 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.Qg3 Nge5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Rf2 a5 15.Raf1 a4 16.a3 c6 17.Nd4 cxd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.N2f3 Bd7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rae8 22.h4 f5 23.h5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Ng5 Ng4 26.Nde6 Nxf2 27.Bxd6 Nh1 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Nxf8 Nxg3 30.Nxd7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Rd8 33.c4 Rxd7 34.c5 Bd4+ 35.Ke2 Bxc5 36.Bxc5 Rxd5 37.Nxe4 Rxh5 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 gxh5 and White overstepped the time limit.

#50: 26.Ra1 | Hollis - Baumbach, cr 1976 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.dxe5 Rxd1 16.Raxd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nd6+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rf8 20.Bh6 Rh8 21.Bg7 Rd8 22.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qe3 25.Nd6 Qe2 26.Ra1 Qh5 27.g4 Qh7 28.f7 Bg3 29.h3 c5 30.Nxb7 Qxg7 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.Nxc5 and Black resigned

#30: 22.Bh7 | Hommeles - Skoblikov, Rotterdam 1992 | 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Bf5 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 Nd6 7.Bf4 e6 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nf3 h6 12.Ne5 Bh7 13.h4 c6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bxd6 Nf6 17.Bc5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3 Bxh1 20.Re1 Be4 21.Bxe4 Kf8 22.Bh7 Qd7 23.Bxe7+ Ke8 24.Bf5 Qb7 25.Bb4+ Kd8 26.Ba5+ and Black resigned

#11: 1.Bg5 | Simagin - Bronstein, Moscow 1947 | Much to my regret, I have not been able to find the whole game. It ended with 1.Bg5 h1Q 2.Qe8+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kf8 4.Qxf6+ Kg8 5.Qd8+ Kg7 6.Qe7+ Kg8 7.Qe8+ and Black resigned

Own additions:

38.f8=N+ | La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 | What makes it so fantastic is that it was played just to give be able to give one last check before White gets mated in the next move.

32.b5 | Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843 | Called "the greatest swindle ever perpetrated in match history" by Soltis, and indeed, this move disoriented Staunton so much that he lost a winning position in a few moves.

#101: 20...Nd2
R Bogdanovic vs A Planinc, 1965 
(C16) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 0-1

#100: 21.Ne5
Timman vs C van Wijgerden, 1977 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

#99: 12.Qxf6
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

#98: 9...Qe7
Y Rusakov vs B Verlinsky, 1947 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

#97: 36.Rc5
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0

#96: 22...c3
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1

#95: 24...f6
G Zaichik vs Psakhis, 1980 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

#94: 22.Nc6
Vyzmanavin vs M Sorokin, 1985 
(A13) English, 86 moves, 1-0

#93: 23.Rxe4
Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970 
(C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0

#92: 24.d5
G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952 
(A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0

#91: 11...Bg8
G Porreca vs Bronstein, 1954 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1

#90: 15...Ne6
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990 
(E92) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

#89: 17.h4
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

#88: 38...Rg2
J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1

#87: 43.Rb7+
Mason vs Winawer, 1882 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0

#86: 31.Kh2
Short vs Timman, 1991 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

#85: 19.Rf6
Fischer vs Benko, 1963 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

#84: 40...Qe1
Pachman vs Timman, 1977 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

#82: 11...Kd7
Keres vs K Richter, 1942  
(A28) English, 59 moves, 0-1

#81: 14.Bh6
Browne vs A Bisguier, 1974 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

#80: 23...Bg4
Taimanov vs B Larsen, 1970 
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

#79: 17...Be6
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

#78: 28...Rg6
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1

#77: 66.a4
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

#76: 11.0-0
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

#74: 8.cxd5
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1986 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 63 moves, 1-0

#72: 40.Ne6
Timman vs Huebner, 1982 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0

#71: 46.Qe6
E Kengis vs Gufeld, 1983 
(B50) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1-0

#70: 30...Qxh3+
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

#69: 50.Nf5
Karpov vs Csom, 1977 
(A16) English, 50 moves, 1-0

#68: 23.Rd7
Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998 
(D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0

#67: 16.Rhe1
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

#66: 13.Nxe7
Kholmov vs Keres, 1959 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

#65: 14.e4
K Richter vs A Baratz, 1931 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

#64: 28...Re3
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

#63: 35...Kc6
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1

#62: 17...Nd5
Timman vs Kasparov, 1981 
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

#61: 21...Qb6
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1998 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 48 moves, 0-1

#60: 14...cxd4
Y Porat vs B Larsen, 1956 
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

#59: 32.Rxf7
Keres vs D Byrne, 1972 
(D94) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0

#58: 10...Nxe5
A Greenfeld vs J Polgar, 1989 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1

#56: 42.Qh1
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
(D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 45 moves, 1-0

#53: 25...h5
Portisch vs Tal, 1964 
(A04) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

#52: 23.Nd7 (and 25.Nd7 XD)
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

#51: 11...Ke7
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1993 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 49 moves, 0-1

#49: 22...Rh8
Geller vs Euwe, 1953 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1

#48: 15.Qxg6
V Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0

#47: 24.Qf3
S Robovic vs Van Wely, 1992 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

#46: 16.Nf4
Kotov vs Keres, 1950 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0

#45: 26...Bb1
L Aronson vs Tal, 1957 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 36 moves, 0-1

#44: 32.Nf6
Timman vs Kasparov, 1985 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

#43: 12...Qa8
Tseitlin vs N Monin, 1978
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 40 moves, 0-1

#42: 8.dxe4
Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956 
(C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

#41: 64.Nxc5
Alburt vs K Lerner, 1978 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 80 moves, 1-0

#40: 34.Ra8
Tal vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1966 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0

#39: 15.Nd6
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

#38: 45...Qb6
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

#37: 86.Qh3
G Moehring vs J Kaikamdzozov, 1978 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 91 moves, 1-0

#36: 18...Ra3
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

#35: 24.Ba7
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

#34: 21...Bxh3
Short vs J Tisdall, 1985 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

#33: 11.Bxc4
Geller vs Dreev, 1990 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0

#32: 31...Re4
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

#31: 21.Qa8
K Panczyk vs M Schurade, 1978 
(D54) Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

#29: 25.Rd5
Polugaevsky vs L Maslov, 1963 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

#28: 47.Ng2
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0

#27: 17.Rxe6
H Olafsson vs J Levitt, 1990 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 1-0

#26: 18.Bxh6
Portisch vs S Johannessen, 1966 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

#25: 10...Bd7
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1

#24: 19...Bd3
L Gutman vs A Vitolinsh, 1979 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 0-1

#23: 14...Rh1
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

#22: 24.Nb6
M Oren vs I Dyner, 1952 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

#21: 10.Kd1
Korchnoi vs Plachetka, 1969 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

#20: 9.Nxe5
Granda Zuniga vs Seirawan, 1993 
(A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0

#19: 12...0-0-0
T Espig vs G Moehring, 1973 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

#18: 17.Rxb7
Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

#17: 17.Bxg7
Karpov vs Huebner, 1982 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0

#16: 37...h5
Kamsky vs J Polgar, 1994 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 0-1

#15:15.e6
J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981 
(B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

#14: 48...e3
Gligoric vs Stein, 1962 
(E70) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1

#13: 15...Rd7
Sosonko vs M Rivas Pastor, 1978 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 57 moves, 0-1

#12: 18.c4
Rossolimo vs Livingstone, 1961 
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0

#10: 38.Qxh7+
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0

#9: 69...Be3
O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1

#8: 18.Nc6
Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

#7: 26.Bh6
Vladimirov vs Epishin, 1987 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

#6: 14.Rxh4
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0

#5: 21.Qg7
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0

#4: 48...Rxb3+
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963 
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1

#3: 23...Qg3
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

#2: 47...Bh3
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998 
(D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1

#1: 16...Nc6
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

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