Zwischenzug / Advanced Positional Play
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936  (A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0
Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Wild Endgame
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
Rook and Pawn Endgame Classic
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Accepting a Challenge
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Positional Exchange
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Endgame over the whole board
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1
Winning in the Opening
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Blockade game / Good-Bad Bishop / Space Adv
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Brilliant Sacrificial Attack
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Zugzwang
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
Stalemate
Ribli vs Spassky, 1985  (A15) English, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2
Counterattack / Gain of Time to Gain Initiative
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Recovery / Coordination of Pieces
Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
Exciting Modern Game
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 41 moves, 0-1
Attacking Chess
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
A King leading the attack
Browne vs Smyslov, 1982  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
Trapping the King / Efficient Defense
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Trapping the Queen
Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 36 moves, 1-0
e.p. Patience Strategy / Tactics
Lasker vs Salwe, 1909  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0
Coordination / Endgame
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit 1680
Morant vs A de Feuquieres, 1680  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
Space Adv - Rook Sac to activate King
L Merenyi vs Capablanca, 1928  (B27) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
modern game / nice finish
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1
Early Sacrifice / Position
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Positional play / King safety-King activity
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
Endgame - Knight > Bishop
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
smothered mate
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
Position play - coordination - active king - queening
Tartakower vs V Vukovic, 1925  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Overlooking a pin - knight fork
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 0-1
Attacking the king
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Odd-colored bishop ending
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 0-1
Handling the queen
Maroczy vs Marshall, 1907  (C48) Four Knights, 60 moves, 1-0
Neglecting to Castle
M Monticelli vs A Muffang, 1935  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
Opposite Bishops Ending
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
King Safety - no
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
King Safety - yes / Pawn fork
Capablanca vs Euwe, 1938  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
Creative Queen play / Zugzwang
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Old style chess / power of advancing pawns
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Windmill & Smothered Mate
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Skewer
N Battulga vs F Firman Syah, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 67 moves, 0-1
Avoiding Stalemate
Blackburne vs Chigorin, 1899  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 83 moves, 0-1
King safety behind enemy pawn
Tartakower vs Breyer, 1920 (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Lucena technique - R + P endgame
Tartakower vs Denker, 1946  (B58) Sicilian, 62 moves, 1-0
Very Easy - Move 33
R Valdes vs S Laouini, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0
Bishop > Rook
J Mieses vs Capablanca, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Pieces vs Queen
Capablanca vs J H White, 1919  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 51 moves, 1-0
Discovered Dbl Check / move 34
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1
Trapping the Queen
Charousek vs Maroczy, 1897  (C13) French, 26 moves, 0-1
Surprise Last Move - Combinations/Tactics
Marshall vs W E Napier, 1896  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Pawn fork at finish
Gavrilov vs Kevorkian, 1990  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0
Combination - move 31 - attack on king
Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1925  (C28) Vienna Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Combination - move 35 - to winning endgame
Capablanca vs Lilienthal, 1936  (A12) English with b3, 54 moves, 1-0
Connected Pawns - winning
Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1894  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug - move 9
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
Underpromotion - black move 67
I Kan vs Antoshin, 1955  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 72 moves, 0-1
Underpromotion to avoid stalemate - move 77
Alapin vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 78 moves, 0-1
King and Pawn Stalemate - Black move 75
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
GM Annotations / understanding the play
Capablanca vs Euwe, 1931  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Knight Underpromotions
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Ultimate Pin Game
B Gamback vs R Nevanlinna, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
puzzle - move 38 - Stalemate
W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Underpromotion - move 60
S Shipov vs V Gagarin, 1994  (E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wild endgame - white move 50
A Kosikov vs V Bezman, 1986  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 58 moves, 1-0
King participates in mating attack
Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1953  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0
Interesting combo - queen/rook/pawns
N Banks vs Kashdan, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0
King Hunt
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1971  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 34 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug (at end)
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1911  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
Black move 48 - Rook and Knight mate
Fridman vs Lenderman, 2010  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 0-1
Kingside attack
S Polgar vs Karpov, 1992  (E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
Rook and Pawn Endgame
I Kan vs Capablanca, 1936  (C25) Vienna, 56 moves, 0-1
Combinations - Sac - Attack on King
Tal vs Spassky, 1980  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 44 moves, 1-0
Tying up the enemy pieces
S Landau vs T ten Kate, 1929  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
K vs K+P - saving draw
S Bernstein vs A Dake, 1936  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Finish - R + N checkmate
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1
Move 38 - Pretty finish
Lasker vs R Loman, 1903  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
64 pawns giving checkmate
Burn vs Showalter, 1896  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
Checkmate in the opening with minor pieces
Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1
Great endgame - move 59
Kosteniuk vs Y Dembo, 2005  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 68 moves, 1-0
13 queen moves at end
M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
Double check - move 33
I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960  (A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Queen for minor pieces
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Fighting Game / Converting attack to endgame
Tal vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
Checkmate with bishops - move 10
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Windmill
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Advancing pawns - move 44+
C Golmayo vs Steinitz, 1867  (C45) Scotch Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Blocked position - drawn
C Golmayo vs Blackburne, 1891 (B01) Scandinavian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
King hunt - checkmate via 0-0-0
L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
Queen sac - mate with bishops
Pillsbury vs NN, 1900  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Old Indian - leads to violent attack
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Checkmate with rooks
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Aggressive Play - Pins
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Many pawn moves in the opening
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Trapping Piece in middle of the board
Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1922  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 0-1
Bareev vs J Piket, 2000  (A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0
Endgame - lack of haste
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 74 moves, 0-1
A Winning Marshall Attack
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1
King Walk to assist in mate
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Black 59 - prison for Queen, and draw
H Ree vs Hort, 1986  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beautiful attacking game
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
Mate with minor pieces - move 28
N Zhukova vs C Peptan, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
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