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Various Themes
Compiled by paladin at large
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Danger of Copying Moves
Capablanca vs NN, 1918 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

R + R vs R + 6 pawns
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1876 
(C45) Scotch Game, 66 moves, 0-1

Fatal Attraction - King Walk to mate
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Tomb Game - Zugzwang
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971 
(E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

Long Attack - Queen Power
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0

White blunder - overlooked #
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Marshall Attack - Famous Black win
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1

Mate with K + Knight
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001 
(A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0

Move 44 - Underpromote
D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993 
(B83) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0

Underpromotion - 79 Knight to draw
R Ziatdinov vs Mikhalevski, 2005 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 91 moves, 1/2-1/2

Avoid stalemate Move 61 black
Maroczy vs Marshall, 1903 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 0-1

Smothered Mate
Bird vs NN, 1869 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

Back Rank Mate - move 21
J Gurczak vs R Mercer, 2011 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

Advancing Connected Pawns
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Blunder at end - Skewer
V Akopian vs G Meier, 2012 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

Use of King in Endgame with major pieces
Capablanca vs O Chajes, 1918 
(C10) French, 45 moves, 1-0

Leaving Queen en prise
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956 
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1

Leaving Queen en prise
Capablanca vs N Riumin, 1936 
(A53) Old Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Stranding opponent's knight to gain time
N Riumin vs Capablanca, 1936 
(A09) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1

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