Let the pawns fall...
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Active prophylaxis!
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
The Inevitable...
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
Simply Karpov!
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Cool, Relentless, Precise
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0
Fischer borrows Capa's technique to stump Boris
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Perfection
Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Absolutely Forced!
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
Karpov's Gem
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
Not so "quiet" after all!
Timman vs Karpov, 1979  (A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1
Nice one!
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
The Death of the Dragon
Fischer vs Larsen, 1958  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Shocron Shocked
Fischer vs R Shocron, 1959  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 40 moves, 1-0
Slowly but surely
Smyslov vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 54 moves, 0-1
Mikhail on Mikhail
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
Iron Mike does it again
Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
Anatoli outclasses Garry in their 1st Showdown
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0
This was "sound"!
Spassky vs Tal, 1959  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Karpov!
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 35 moves, 1-0
Karpov out to prove a point!
Karpov vs Dorfman, 1976  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 1-0
Fischer's Spanish Dance
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
One of the best
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
Too easy Bobby
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0
Lombardy vs Fischer, 1967  (A15) English, 54 moves, 0-1
Quinteros vs Fischer, 1970  (A10) English, 42 moves, 0-1
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs S Kagan, 1968  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 34 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Pilnik, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Huebner, 1980  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 33 moves, 1-0
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1967  (B50) Sicilian, 74 moves, 0-1
Stein vs Tal, 1971  (A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Keres, 1959  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 81 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs A Zaitsev, 1970  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 72 moves, 1-0
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