Stein vs S Schweber, 1966  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 46 moves, 1-0
Improving the position of the rook!
Khalifman vs Leko, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 1-0
Knight occupation of Black's vulnerable dark central squares.
Kasparov vs Piket, 1997  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Gelfand, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gligoric vs Unzicker, 1973  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0
Repositioning of Knights' control of f5 s starting on move 19.
Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Exchanging to realize a positional advantage
Kharlov vs A Villavicencio, 1997  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 41 moves, 1-0
Winning via Exchanging Material p.96
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
Pawn Play attacking a weak, cramped Queen-side, opening a-file
Salov vs Karpov, 1998  (E15) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Pawn Play in Hellsten's, "Mastering Chess Strategy."
Karpov vs Gligoric, 1972  (C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Pawn Play "Creatring Weaknesses"
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1956  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1
Pawn Play
Adams vs O Renet, 1992  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 29 moves, 1-0
Provocation
Tal vs K Darga, 1960  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0
Prophylaxis, Restriction & Provocation
J H Donner vs W Balcerowski, 1962  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Miscellaneous examples
Z Milev vs Petrosian, 1953  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
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