No. 1  Simutowe-Sarkar  (2001 Smartchess.com Invitational, New York)
This tournament was the first of four in Simutowe's first tour of the United States.  Simutowe played his usual 5.Nge2 against the Nimzo-Indian… a line he has successfully employed against the likes of Pentala Harikrishna (1-0), Suat Atalik (½-½) and Giovanni Vescovi (½-½). Simutowe played for an all-out attack  at the expense of his king's safety and the game erupted.  After a barrage of tactical exchanges  in the middlegame, the game ended with the neat 34.Rxf7+! and Sarkar resigned in lieu of  mate in four. (See game)

No. 2 Stein-Giles (1986 Greater Midwest Ch., Chicago, Illinois)
Kurt Stein, a long-time player in Illinois with a reputation for provocative chess, got a dose of his own medicine when playing the ferocious attacker in FM Morris Giles. Stein appeared to be confused by Giles' 9…a5!? a classical Sicilian and ended up allowed equality after 13…Ne4!  Stein panicked and ended up with a shredded queenside and a naked king. Like a laser-guided missile, Giles locked on to the king and zeroed in for the kill. In the given position, the côup de graçe was 34…Rxc2+! Stein resigned because he was averse to being mated after 35.Rxc2 Ba3+ 36.Kb1 Nd4+ 37. Ka1 Nxc2+ 38.Ka2 Qb3#. (See game)

No. 3  Yarde-Corbin (2004 Barbados Qualifier, Bridgetown, Barbados)
One look at this position and it is obvious that something has gone horribly wrong for white. Black  pieces are well-entrenched into the white camp and with a player of Corbin's attacking ability, Yarde had to be in a grim mood. The light squares are a virtual playground for the black forces, so Corbin who sacrifices pieces like breadcrumbs, started a crushing combination with 32…Rxf2+! Yes… again it's the rook!  This blow destroys white's cover and opens a route for the black bishop after 33.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34.Bxf2 Bxf3+ (doublecheck!) and the game ended after 35.Kf1 Qg2#. (See game)

No. 4 Sprenkle-Dandridge (1982 Illinois Open, Chicago, Illinois).
These are two players who knew each other during their college days… Sprenkle at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and Dandridge at Eastern Illinois University. Both being tactical players, the game started at high-speed right from the opening 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5!? Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4. Dandridge actually played the deflection shot of 37…Re2!? which wins the queen and several pawns for two rooks, but Dandridge had a quicker route with 37…Rxg3! This move is even stronger since white suffers even greater losses. Note: Thanks to Bernard Parham II for the improvement. (See game)