Rook superior to two minor pieces Kavalek vs Suttles, 1974  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 Ugly pawn structure, but wins anyway Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1948  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 41 moves, 0-1 Spassky centralizes his king in the middle game Spassky vs Furman, 1959  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0 Lone knight holds off a rook and pawn Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2 More king centralization in the middle game Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1 2R+B outduel Q+R Leko vs Kramnik, 2004   (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1 Two knights can sometimes be better than two bishops Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895   (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1 Another remarkable example of an active king in the middlegame R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Doubled pawns are an advantage in the endgame Ali Gattea vs A Istratescu, 2002  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 49 moves, 0-1 Down a pawn, king exposed, ugly position--won game Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1 White delays castling until move 29--when it's the winning move Suttles vs P Biyiasas, 1971  (A25) English, 31 moves, 1-0 Usually king-hunts are accomplished with checks... Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0 Another instance of king activity in the middlegame B Kantsler vs A Greenfeld, 2005  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 63 moves, 1-0 Development? What's that?? N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007  (C10) French, 42 moves, 0-1 Both sides decide to castle rather late... Negi vs Lagno, 2006  (B07) Pirc, 53 moves, 1-0 Capablanca knows when a rook beats two minor pieces E Canal vs Capablanca, 1929  (E16) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1 Not your usual way of getting mate on g7 H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0 Better late than never: 46 O-O Bobotsov vs Ivkov, 1966  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2 2 bishops better than 2 knights in a blocked position Spassky vs Short, 2001  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 62 moves, 1-0 tripled pawns: a force to be reckoned with R Murray vs L Day, 1982  (B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 0-1 Fischer plays 2N vs 2B, wins anyway Fischer vs H Berliner, 1962  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 45 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein knows when *not* to capture towards the center Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912   (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1 R+N holds off Q+P Korchnoi vs Ljubojevic, 1972  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 112 moves, 1/2-1/2 A different type of king hunt Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0 Black delays castling until move 31, when it's checkmate L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1 Develop the king before the bishops and rooks V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 Nezhmetdinov run over by hippo R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1 White has to resign after 29...O-O-O P Hopman vs I Rogers, 1996  (A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1 A novel opening scheme. Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 An extra rook in the endgame is not enough to win A Petrov vs P Journoud, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 The king marches up the board to assist in a mating attack. Geller vs Tal, 1975  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 An endgame where black is a pawn up but is still lost. Graf-Stevenson vs E Klein, 1936  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 61 moves, 1-0 An unusual sort of castled postion J van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 Sometimes both sides like to play unconventionally. F Catheley vs M Hadzikaric, 1995  (A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1 Castling does not always put the king in a safer location. G Morrison vs G Chandler, 1978  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 16 moves, 0-1 Fischer knows when it's okay to go pawn grabbing. G Tringov vs Fischer, 1965  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 0-1 A whole bunch of "rules" are scoffed at here. Aronian vs D Cawdery, 2017  (A16) English, 39 moves, 1-0 Black wins with 2..h5 in the Sicilian. L Paichadze vs B Savchenko, 2011  (B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 Black's center pawns never move. C Guimard vs L Piazzini, 1938  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1 The king is a fighting piece in the middlegame. Huebner vs Beliavsky, 1990  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1 Black wins even though he has four sets of doubled pawns Botvinnik vs Stein, 1965  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 0-1 41 games