Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
Reti open with a powerful pin on QR1-KR8 diagonal
Pachman vs D Ciric, 1968  (A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
London vs Paris, 1834  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1
Lasker wins "helped" by white, but no less interesting for it.
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
White plays poorly, but Alekhine's annotations are really good.
C H Alexander vs Botvinnik, 1936  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 0-1
Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
This looks like 'Tactis vs. Strategy', if there is such a book.
Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Excellent deflection at the end.
Chandler vs Y Gruenfeld, 1979  (B10) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 0-1
Anand shows iron guts
Anand vs Morozevich, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0
Gutsiest play ever by white.
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
Famous psycological win
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
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