A doubious pawn sacrifice that worked
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Typical Pawn Sacrifice in King's Indian
Gheorghiu vs Kasparov, 1988  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 36 moves, 0-1
Typical Pawn Sacrifice in Benoni
J Penrose vs Tal, 1960  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 39 moves, 1-0
Typical Pawn Sacrifice in IQP Positions
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs A Beliavsky, 1975  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 51 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Anand, 2012  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Hort vs P Biyiasas, 1976  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 35 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017  (C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0
Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019  (E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Giri, 2019  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 38 moves, 1-0
Dubov vs Karjakin, 2020  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 1-0
R Leitao vs Caruana, 2010  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 24 moves, 0-1
D Marjan vs Suba, 1974  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs J H Donner, 1950  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs A Naumann, 2022  (C45) Scotch Game, 30 moves, 1-0
B Wexler vs Bronstein, 1960  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 32 moves, 0-1
Stein vs Smyslov, 1972  (A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Stein vs Tal, 1971  (A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0
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