Distinctive styles

Distinctive styles
Compiled by chesssalamander

Each game in this collection is meant to illustrate a distinctive style in chess.

Anderssen: the Romantic.

Morphy: the key transition between Romantic and Modern.

Steinitz: the first Modern.

Nimzovitch: the Hypermodern.

Tal: the Attacker.

Petrosian: the Defender.

Kasparov: the Dynamic player.

Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858
(C52) Evans Gambit, 72 moves, 0-1
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858
(B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1873
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Larsen, 1965
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
7 games

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