Development vs material
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Control of center,knight sacrifice!!, developed rooks!!
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Brilliant bishop, constant threats & pins, elegant mate
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Morphy's Berlin Lopez, great in-between moves (zwischenzug)
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Knight outposts, doubling up on attacks
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892  (C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Ripping open castles position, brilliant aggressive tactics,
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927  (B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Creating a knight outpost, creating kingside attack
Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945  (B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
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