Win material...Defense...Defense...CounterAttack
G Jones vs Kuzubov, 2004  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1
Win like the flow of the river.
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2006  (A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0
Central Control
Grischuk vs Kamsky, 2005  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
Keeping the Tension on the Queenside.
N Samakov vs N van der Nat, 2006 (B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
White's "Good" Bishop is locked out, unable to prevent queening
Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B33) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1
The Rebirth of the Dragon.
S Satyapragyan vs Fedorov, 2006  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
French Queenside advance.
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
How to play the QGA.
Radjabov vs T Dao, 2006  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0
Interesting...Need more time to look at this.
G Meier vs Spoelman, 2006 (A30) English, Symmetrical, 43 moves, 1-0
Catalan!
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1985  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0
How to fight against the Leningrad.
Topalov vs O De Prado Rodriguez, 1992  (A10) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Fighting for the c-file via keeping the initiative.
I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1
Playing against the Rossolimo.
Ponomariov vs Kramnik, 2003  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
How to Beat the Leningrad
J M Sprenger vs C Koepke, 2006 (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Another Way to Beat the Leningrad: b3! & Ba3!
Karpov vs V Malaniuk, 1988  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Black seizes the Initiative.
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
....Nd4 works.
L Garcia vs S Thomson, 2005  (E90) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
Richter-Rauzer!
S Prathamesh vs Harikrishna, 2003 (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 62 moves, 0-1
Whose Pawn is Weaker Anyway?
N Karaklajic vs Z Zhang, 1997  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 0-1
The difference between Knights and Bishops + Queenside action.
P Poleak vs T Meszaros, 1994  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 85 moves, 1-0
How to Win with the Two Knights Defence.
Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006  (C57) Two Knights, 54 moves, 0-1
e4-e5 does not work!
A Reinhard vs Fischer, 1963  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
Burn!
Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Your Regular Stonewall?
L'Ami vs Nijboer, 2006  (A80) Dutch, 43 moves, 0-1
...bxc6 instead of ...dxc6.
S Kasparov vs A Zakharchenko, 2001  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
Tactical Catalan.
D Shapiro vs R Furdzik, 2006 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 1-0
Positional Chess
J Hellsten vs L Karlsson, 2006  (A10) English, 41 moves, 1-0
English
Ljubojevic vs Smeets, 2006  (A13) English, 27 moves, 1-0
How to Avoid the Hedgehog
C McNab vs Suba, 1989  (A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Najdorf Anti-English
Anand vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 55 moves, 0-1
A bit like some KID variations
Motylev vs M Gagunashvili, 2006  (C41) Philidor Defense, 62 moves, 0-1
English Attack On The Queenside
Ponomariov vs Grischuk, 2006  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 1-0
The Ragozin: the aggressive way to play QGD
Wojtaszek vs C Bauer, 2006  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 54 moves, 0-1
White Key Symphony
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Kan with Hedgehog Setup + Fianchetto; thematic Sicilian breaks
V Timchenko vs Rublevsky, 1991 (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 45 moves, 0-1
Rublevsky's Kan
F Mota vs Rublevsky, 1992 (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 0-1
Typical French central pawn sacs: ...e5!...Ng4!...d4!
A Shomoev vs A Riazantsev, 2007 (C11) French, 24 moves, 0-1
Against Bc1 in MacCutcheon
Negi vs Nepomniachtchi, 2007  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 63 moves, 0-1
English with c4, d3, e3, f4 complex
Miles vs M Schulz, 2000 (A15) English, 48 moves, 1-0
How to meet Dutch with English
Miles vs E Agrest, 1996 (A10) English, 62 moves, 1-0
Displace the White Queen.
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Panno vs M J Tempone, 1979  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 24 moves, 1-0
Ragozin - the most aggressive counter attack in QGD
Portisch vs Fischer, 1961  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 47 moves, 0-1
Catalan with early ...b6
Tal vs Lozov, 1952  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 23 moves, 1-0
English vs KID with e3-d4 setup
B Jacobsen vs K Damm, 2007  (A10) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Pawns only
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Another classic Classical
R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
Svidler's Ultimate Grunfeld
Topalov vs Svidler, 2006  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1
Logical crystal clear chess
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
"Tomb Game"
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
The most exciting QGD line
O Bazan vs Fischer, 1960  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 33 moves, 0-1
From Queenside to Kingside.
Topalov vs Morozevich, 1999  (C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1
How to play the reversed dragon.
N Miezis vs V Rasulov, 2007 (A22) English, 32 moves, 1-0
MacCutcheon
V Avdeyeva vs A Mammadov, 2007 (C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 0-1
Classic win in the Rubenstein
D Lomsadze vs A Rustemov, 2007 (C10) French, 21 moves, 0-1
...Nh5!, Bxh5 gxh5, ...Ne5 -(...Qh4)g4
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (A61) Benoni, 41 moves, 0-1
Black's Queenside action in the Winawar.
E Gorovykh vs A Grigoryan, 2007 (C18) French, Winawer, 50 moves, 0-1
A French-like Caro-Kann
C Kortenbusch vs Khenkin, 2001 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 20 moves, 0-1
Quick way to regain the c-pawn in this French-like Caro Kann Ad
M Nimtz vs Khenkin, 2000 (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Square control
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
E Mortensen vs Keene, 1976  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Sveshnikov vs S Webb, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1
K Rogoff vs R Blumenfeld, 1976  (A20) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Nd2 with the idea of ...Bf5, e4
D Gurevich vs R Adamson, 2007 (A58) Benko Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
New direction in the Winawar
Timman vs Vaganian, 2007  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
How to play against Yugoslav KID
Z Izoria vs C T Tanaka, 2007  (E65) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O, 27 moves, 1-0
Against Yugoslav - English
D Ippolito vs C T Tanaka, 2007 (E65) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O, 37 moves, 1-0
Moro's French
Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000  (C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
Timely Queenside attack
D Rensch vs Shabalov, 2007  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1
Tate!
de Firmian vs E Tate, 2001  (B56) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
...Nc6, Bb5 e6, Nc3 Nd4
Smirin vs Radjabov, 2007  (B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
S Ernst vs J Xiong, 2007 (A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
h4-h5 in the English
A J Goldsby vs B Melvin, 2007  (A36) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Gligoric vs Keres, 1958  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
Against Hedgehog
Nyback vs J Henrichsen, 2007 (A17) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Early Nd2
V Malakhov vs Martin Valla, 2007 (A25) English, 29 moves, 1-0
A Tadjerbashi vs Cmilyte, 2007 (B33) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1
Short vs Van der Wiel, 1985  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0
S Gordon vs T Rendle, 2007 (A86) Dutch, 43 moves, 1-0
Boxing away the enemy fianchettoed bishop
E Bagamasbad vs J C Sadorra, 2007 (A10) English, 70 moves, 1-0
M Sebag vs Radjabov, 2007  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 58 moves, 0-1
How do deal with White's e4, d4 centre in a Dragon formation
R Thacker vs Fischer, 1957  (B50) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1
Van Wely vs Kamsky, 2008  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1
Van Wely vs B Grachev, 2008  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 0-1
H Ni vs Navara, 2008  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1
Nice h3 preparatory move for Bf4 before playing e4-e5.
R Ibrahimov vs M Saud, 2008 (A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0
New Hungarian Grunfeld varation? Doubled e-pawns for ...Nb6-d5!
A Molina vs Negi, 2008 (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 33 moves, 0-1
Manoeuvres in the French
A Marwan vs J Al-Huwar, 2008  (C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
Rxd5!! exchange sac to expose doubled f-pawns' weakness on f5.
Y Drozdovskij vs A Ismagambetov, 2008 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1-0
D Bocharov vs Miroshnichenko, 2008 (E60) King's Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1-0
M Sebag vs M Gurevich, 2008 (C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
Utilizing the extra outside pawn in the Grunfeld endgame
M Bakalarz vs V Jakovljevic, 2008 (D85) Grunfeld, 41 moves, 0-1
Z Kozul vs P Vavrak, 2008 (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Beliavsky vs A Mammadov, 2008 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 1-0
Bu Xiangzhi vs Topalov, 2008  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
Mocking the Bishop under house arrest.
Morozevich vs Movsesian, 2008  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0
Wojtkiewicz vs R Kuczynski, 1990  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Utmost coordination of pieces from beginning to end
Shirov vs Jakovenko, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Naiditsch, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 1-0
M Roiz vs A Vydeslaver, 2008 (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
Bu Xiangzhi vs Movsesian, 2008  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 62 moves, 1-0
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