Veselin Topalov Vs. Vassily Ivanchuk, 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPzLTyclPKE A great miniature from Ivanchuk, who punished an unusual move order in the opening and later sacrificed a knight to gain a winning position.
A Mating Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSqoGlvDJ7Y A great mate to know that is completely forced and involves a double bishop sacrifice.
Alexander Beliavsky Vs. Garry Kasparov, 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDmKQ3rYBE An instructive game from Kasparov, who sacrificed the exchange and dominated the resulting position.
Milan Matulovic Vs. Bobby Fischer, 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2aMJphY-Mg A great game where Fischer shows not only his usual clinical precision but also some very original thinking.
Vladimir Akopian Vs. Igor Khenkin, 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol1fuWqZPvU A sharp miniature with white playing a queenside fianchetto against the Sicilian Defence and winning after a couple of sacrifices.
Yasser Seirawan Vs. Nigel Short, 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ceY2Kh0vEI A brilliant game from Short, who played an opening novelty and won in 22 moves.
The King's Indian Defence, part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHBU7mCiXo The first in a series of three videos about The King's Indian Defence.
Leonid Yurtaev Vs. Yuri Shulman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juqdDAleVzE A great game from Shulman, who sacrificed a knight to get a strong attacking position and won in 24 moves.
Peter Svidler Vs. Loek van Wely, 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kpYQIfbT4c A brilliant miniature from Svidler, who won in 20 moves.
Alexei Shirov Vs. Veselin Topalov, 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQuinjvGsMg A razor-sharp miniature featuring a wild Perenyi attack.
Mikhail Tal Vs. John van der Wiel, 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKdLywAL7g A vintage Tal miniature.
Vasily Ivanchuk Vs. Istvan Csom, 1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcM25XzZcx8 A sharp Nimzo-Indian miniature with three queens on the board.
Hugo Spangenberg Vs. Lubomir Ftacnik, 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz50IT6i_cc A very sharp miniature featuring a theoretical novelty and an incredible final move.
Alexei Fedorov Vs. Alexei Shirov, 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ3MbkyAamM A great miniature from Shirov in which he sacrifices a knight to destroy Fedorov's King's Gambit.
Chess Traps #9: The Magnus Smith Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4duLSX3dmQ A complex and multi-layered trapping line with major advantages for white in the Fischer-Sozin attack against the Sicilian Defence.
Chess Traps #8: The Mortimer Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoEMqXVfIpI An opening trap for black in the Ruy Lopez that wins a piece.
Chess Traps #7 : The Elephant Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XF4MVDreyA An opening trap for black in the Queen's Gambit Declined that wins a piece.
Chess Traps #6: The Marshall Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5cWvxI_kXc An opening trap for black in Petroff's Defence that results in a winning position.
Chess Traps #5 : The Kieninger Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T78n7ECPDcE A mating trap for black in the Budapest Gambit.
The Monticelli Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC6hiib0TGE A trap that occurs in common lines of the Bogo-Indian Defence and wins white the exchange.
Jan Timman Vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMluMMeD5n0 An instructive miniature from Timman played in the Linares tournament of 1985.
Chess Traps #3 : The Lasker Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvlF9ScHcCk A trap that occurs for black in the Albin Countergambit response to the Queen's Gambit. It features an underpromotion and results in a winning position.
Chess Traps #2 : The Halosar Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PfS8ZAu8E8 An opening trap that features in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and gives white a winning position.
Wolfgang Uhlmann Vs. Uwe Bonsch, 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Q47nAgtuc An instructive game that demonstrates the dynamic possibilites of the hedgehog defence.
Vladimir Kramnik Vs. Jaan Ehlvest, 1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akZ595dk9BA An excellent miniature from Kramnik, who sacrificed a knight and won in 25 moves.
