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Piket Stuns Kramnik!⚡
Jeroen Piket vs Vladimir Kramnik •
Amber Tournament (Rapid) (1999) •
Opening: Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense

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The Kentucky Lion STRIKES! 🦁
Jackson Whipps Showalter vs Horatio Caro • Vienna (1898) •

Opening: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation

Charousek's Killer Combination!
Rezso Charousek vs Moritz Englander •
Casual Game (1894) •

Opening: King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening

♞ Spielmann’s Savage Finish (1928)
Rudolf Spielmann vs Max Walter •
Trencianske Teplice (1928) •

Opening: Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

The 1925 Stonewall Masterpiece You NEED to See!
Ernst Gruenfeld vs Carlos Torre Repetto •
Baden-Baden (1925) •

Opening: Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Modern Variation

Learn the Lazard Gambit
Gibaud vs Lazard 1924

Indian Game: Lazard Gambit

Down a Rook. Still Won.
Henry Bird vs Pinkerley (1850)

Drawing of Henry Edward Bird by Sam Loyd, first published 1877. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons / ChessHistory.com

Queen Gone. King Trapped.
Samuel Reshevsky vs George Shainswit •
Wertheim Memorial (1951) •

Opening: Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation

Paul Keres strikes fast!
Paul Keres vs Verbac • 1933 Classic •
Opening: French Defense: Alapin Gambit

Brutal Deflection Tactic!
Vasilios Kotronias vs Nikolaos Kalesis •
Karditsa (1994) •

Opening: Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation

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