3P vs N
H Hecht vs Suttles, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 104 moves, 0-1
A great drawing mechanism (R vs 2P)
Keres vs Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
+2P pawns, but not winnable
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A05) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rooks and DC bishops
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1922  (C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
A dis-colored bishops classic
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1928  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 66 moves, 1-0
DC bishops; obstructing pawn
Topalov vs Leko, 2005  (B33) Sicilian, 106 moves, 1-0
Queen twice -- a K-Ps standoffs resolution technique
Bacrot vs Kramnik, 2005  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 56 moves, 1-0
NvB & 3PvB (and one rook each)
Eliskases vs Petrosian, 1964  (A04) Reti Opening, 74 moves, 0-1
A rook work
Levenfish vs Botvinnik, 1937  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 78 moves, 1-0
Nights and pawns
Lasker vs Nimzowitsch, 1934  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1
Interesting themes in analyses
Capablanca vs Tarrasch, 1914  (C49) Four Knights, 83 moves, 0-1
A classic Q material, in a classic R endgame
Lasker vs Levenfish, 1925  (C14) French, Classical, 63 moves, 0-1
Capablanca's theorem: Q+N > Q+B
Jansa vs Kholmov, 1976  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 0-1
N+B vs R+2P
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1944  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1-0
Technique & N endgame.
Andersson vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1973  (A06) Reti Opening, 56 moves, 1-0
Monochromatic B's; and Q+f-pawn vs. Q
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 70 moves, 1-0
X ... R vs N+P
Vidmar vs Alekhine, 1930  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 57 moves, 0-1
Qs with loose pawsns
Duras vs P S Leonhardt, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 70 moves, 1-0
B v N, & a great pawn-endgame possibility
Karpov vs Andersson, 1989  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 68 moves, 1-0
Q+2P > Q+P ; and pawn-structure endgame before that
C S Matamoros Franco vs Bologan, 2005  (A15) English, 89 moves, 0-1
Farewell to pawns
Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005  (B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Off collor Bs / g-h pawns / succes.
Shirov vs Kramnik, 1998  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 63 moves, 1-0
N > B
Botvinnik vs Robatsch, 1962  (A10) English, 64 moves, 1-0
Monochromatic B's; Good bishop + space (zugzzwang).
Karpov vs Hort, 1973  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0
Lasker's rook maneuver
Jansa vs Geller, 1970  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 83 moves, 1-0
2B
J Blauert vs Blatny, 1993 (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 117 moves, 0-1
N vs N
Reti vs Tartakower, 1923  (A04) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 1-0
Rs; good defense agains an extra a-pawn.
Reti vs K Opocensky, 1923 (A15) English, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
R - R
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2002  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 57 moves, 1-0
Rooks and bare R vs N
Kamsky vs Bacrot, 2006  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 103 moves, 1-0
Rs; a-h pawns, Vancura position
Smyslov vs Bondarevsky, 1940  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Eliskases' bishop handling
Eliskases vs Capablanca, 1937  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 82 moves, 1-0
Rs - extra (a-) pawn protected from front.
Seirawan vs Portisch, 1983  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 53 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (B40) Sicilian, 74 moves, 1-0
R's - promotion tactics
F Rous vs J Cervenka, 2001  (C51) Evans Gambit, 63 moves, 0-1
Q+N vs Q+N, then N's.
Pachman vs Flohr, 1948  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
N + Ps vs. N + Ps
I V Rohacek vs Flohr, 1932 (A53) Old Indian, 47 moves, 0-1
R+5P vs R+4P (from minority attack in Carlsbad)
Flohr vs Euwe, 1932  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0
R+P > R
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
'Bad' B > N
Flohr vs Levenfish, 1939  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 87 moves, 1-0
B's = color
Rotlewi vs Spielmann, 1911  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0
An R+P's classic
Flohr vs Vidmar, 1936  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 58 moves, 1-0
R's
Flohr vs Bogoljubov, 1939  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 67 moves, 1-0
N+Ps
Flohr vs J Bolbochan, 1937 (A13) English, 63 moves, 1-0
Rs+Ps
Flohr vs G A Thomas, 1936  (A13) English, 84 moves, 1-0
4R
Shirov vs Topalov, 2008  (B33) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1-0
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