In this game, John Grefe faced off against Walter Browne in Moranwelz, 1973. Here, we see White's plan unfold with 14. fxg5? pinning it to his Queen. Later, White decided it was time to sacrifice his Queen for two minor pieces. Was this a fatal mi...
In this game, W Foldeak faced off against F Nagy in Budapest, 1942. Here, we see White's marvelous Knights dance around the board into Black's defences! After the 8th move, it took just 5 brilliant moves for White to force Black to resign. "Gallop...
In this game, Viktor Bologan faced off against Philipp Schlosser in 2004. Here, White played 20. g5! and Black responded with 20...Qg6, not 20...Qxg5 because of (21. Rg3 Qh4 22. Rf4+-). White continues the attack with 21. Rh3+ Kg8 22. Qg4 gxf6 23....
1st a Rook, then a Knight, and then another Rook! Garry Kasparov sacrificed all of these pieces and still managed to get the win against Veselin Topalov in Netherlands, 1999. Immortal? Yes... The action began with 24. Rxd4? cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Q...
Here is a very interesting game played by Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz in England, 1895. Here, White is quick to attack with 24. Qc3 pinning Black's e5 Pawn and preparing for a series of "interesting" attacks on Black's defence. It continue...
In this game, Georg Rotlewi faced off against Akiba Rubinstein in Lodz, 1907. They played the Tarrasch Defence: Symmetrical Variation where Black appeared to be of no threat to White. Suddenly, the game took off when Black decided it was time to s...
In this game, Garry Kasparov faced off against Miguel Najdorf in this tantalizing battle of wits! It starts to heat up with (19. Nd4! Qxe5 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Qg4 Rce8? 22. Bd2 which makes Black's Queen SAC useless) (22... Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. Nxg7?...
In this game, Alexander Alekhine advanced his Pawn with confidence into Charles Watson's territory. It acted as a catalyst for White's demise as Black's Queen, Rook, and Bishop follow through onto a nice post. (18... e4 was the beginning of the en...
In this game, Robert Fischer offers up his Queen, in a swindle, to get Minor combat against Samuel Reshevsky! His trade left himself with two Rooks and a Knight facing Black's Queen. Despite these odds, Fischer makes good use of each and every one...
Here is yet another game displaying Morphy's brilliancy in the game of chess. He played R Cremorne in London, 1859, using the King's Gambit: Declined. Morphy launched an attack beginning with 19. Bc3 placing Cremorne's position into an irrecoverab...
In this game, Karel Traxler allows J Reinisch to capture his Queen for a series of brutal attacks on White's King! This all transpired in the Opening with 4... Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ leaving White defenceless. Play continued with 6. Ke2 Nd4+ 7. Kd3 b5 ...
Here is a clever little game played by Paul Morphy and Duke Carl in Paris, 1858. Here, they played the Philidor Defence: General where Morphy plays 10. Nxb5! sacrificing his Knight for a series of attacks on Black's King. Finally, 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 cl...
In this game, Robert Fischer battles Tigran Petrosian playing the King's Indian Defence: Six Pawns Attack. Even though Fischer missed 21... Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf2+ which would make for an easier win... After 36... Qf2 there was no hope for Petrosian. P...
In this game, Robert Fischer launched a deadly King-side attack through 28. Nxh3. This allowed his Bishop to wreak havoc on White's King and this left Viktor Korchnoi defenceless! Fischer took advantage of this with a quick Knight-Bishop swap. Her...
In this game, Robert Fischer battles Robert Byrne in the U.S. Championship of 1963. They played the King's Indian defence: Finachetto Variation. A notable SAC in this game is 15. Nxf2, played by Fischer! To Byrne, it looked like a tasty treat. To ...
Here is one of Robert Fischer's BEST games where he faces off against Milan Matulovic. They played the Spanish Game: Schliemann Defence- Dyckhoff Variation. With his sacrifices, he is down on material with time ticking away (3 MINUTES). To counter...
This is a game that took place in London, 1841. It is between H W Popert and N.A. Here, Popert makes an extraordinary Knight SAC to gain some positional advantage. His SAC worked leaving N.A. with an undeveloped Bishop & Rook WHILE Popert's pi...
In (Game 7), Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White), would take the Game into the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation and battle to the Endgame where, In my opinion, Spassky had the Upper-Hand. BUT Fischer winge...
In (Game 6) Robert Fischer lead off the Game with 1. c4 - and went into the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation. BUT 41. Qf4 -!!!, would be another brilliant Game-Winning Move for Fischer! In this position Bor...
In (Game 5) of the World Championship, Robert Fischer made an INTERESTING/INCREDIBLE Game-Winning Move, 27. - Bxa4!!! With this move, Boris Spassky either gets Checkmated or loses Material, but he chooses to Resign there. This ...
In (Game 4) of the series between Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky, it ends up as a Draw... The Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation was used, and both Fischer (White) and Spassky (Black) fought hard to no avail. BUT even ...
After Robert Fischer failed to appear in (Game 2) over a disagreement about the presence of cameras in the playing hall, Boris Spassky was awarded a forfeit win leaving the score: Robert Fischer (0) and Boris Spassky ...
This is Game 1 of the 1972 World Chess Championship, Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White). In this game they played the Nimzo-Indian Defense which usually ends in a Draw but near the Endgame Robert Fischer played 29. - Bxh2&...