Great use of the bishop pair
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
Good play with the bishop pair
Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
Queenside pawn majority
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
Perfect conversion of an advantage
Capablanca vs Ragozin, 1936  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 63 moves, 1-0
Slow pressure against a closed position
Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 69 moves, 1-0
A very nice endgame from Flohr
I Kan vs Flohr, 1939  (C45) Scotch Game, 85 moves, 0-1
Reshevsky trades badly and Keres wins the endgame
Reshevsky vs Keres, 1937  (E16) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1
One of the nicest endgame ever
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0
The endgame was "hopelessly drawn"! (but Mattison lost)
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
Faultless technique
Kramnik vs Leko, 2001  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 51 moves, 1-0
Another great endgame
Kramnik vs Leko, 2006  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
A good endgame by Lasker
Bogoljubov vs Lasker, 1924  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 71 moves, 0-1
A great logical ending
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1
The fischer ending
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0
A wonderful endgame by Flohr
Flohr vs Spielmann, 1931 (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0
A masterpiece by Flohr
Flohr vs Bondarevsky, 1939  (A90) Dutch, 77 moves, 1-0
Queenside majority
Eliskases vs Flohr, 1937  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 57 moves, 0-1
A simple but great ending
Flohr vs Vidmar, 1936  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 58 moves, 1-0
Stupid queenside majority
Yates vs Alekhine, 1921  (B40) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1
Fabulous rook ending
Rubinstein vs E Cohn, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
This time he drew it!
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Perfect endgame play
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 1-0
the rook endings are always drawn, but not this time!
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 1-0
Alekhine exploits the slightest weakness
Alekhine vs Spielmann, 1927  (C13) French, 69 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
A perfect ending from Fischer
Fischer vs Portisch, 1962  (B10) Caro-Kann, 68 moves, 1-0
a slight advantage is brightly converted into a win
Capablanca vs A Kreymborg, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Furman, 1950  (C49) Four Knights, 68 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0
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