Great positional game
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
play against backward pawn
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0
Calculations of exchanges
Rubinstein vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1909  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch destroys a pawn center
Alapin vs Nimzowitsch, 1911  (B10) Caro-Kann, 43 moves, 0-1
Endgame Masterpiece by Capablanca
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 0-1
play against pawn weaknesses
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Blockading pawns/occupying center with pieces
Nimzowitsch vs Salwe, 1911  (C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
Great blockade by Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912  (C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Deep queen sacrifice for positional factors. See my comment.
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1
Masterfully holding onto a pawn to a fascinating ending
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0
Great Blockade. See "My System" and "Pawn Play and the Center"
G A Thomas vs Alekhine, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 0-1
Prophylaxis and restraint
Schlechter vs Nimzowitsch, 1907  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
The immortal zugzwang game
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Tying up enemy pieces with maneuvering, then shifting wings
Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 46 moves, 1-0
Brilliant play on both wings/good blockading
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1998  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Building up pieces/coordination/good posts/outpost
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1935  (C15) French, Winawer, 64 moves, 1-0
overprotection
Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Central play always beats unjustified flank play
Rubinstein vs Levenfish, 1911  (C14) French, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Space advantage, positional play, breakthrough
Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A10) English, 58 moves, 1-0
Doubled pawns providing great advantage
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1896  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Rook on the 7th
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
The King is a Strong Piece--Irving Chernev
Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Knight outpost at Q5--Irving Chernev
Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Instructive Rook Ending--Slowly pushing pawn up board
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
Weak squares, great knights, great blockade. Chernev
H Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, 1929  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Detailed strategic plan from 8th move. Chernev
Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Play against isolated pawn. Chernev
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
"Systematic Strangulation"--Chernev
Tarrasch vs Showalter, 1898  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
"Good Bishop and Bad Bishop"--Chernev
L Barden vs Rossolimo, 1950  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
Great game capped off by combination
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Brilliant combinative play by Alekhine
Alekhine vs C H Alexander, 1936  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
removing blockade of passed pawn
Nimzowitsch vs Von Gottschall, 1925  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
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