Positional advantage
D Levy vs P Mertens, 1966 (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 52 moves, 1-0
Positional advantage
Wei Yi vs D Howell, 2015  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 87 moves, 0-1
D Howell vs Nakamura, 2015  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogoljubov vs Maroczy, 1929  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1
Burn vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C01) French, Exchange, 64 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs A Selezniev, 1920  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 70 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1928  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 76 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs E Cohn, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs G Borisenko, 1955  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0
Unzicker vs E Lundin, 1954  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
I Lipnitsky vs Smyslov, 1952 (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Szabo vs Ivkov, 1957 (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0
L Prins vs Stahlberg, 1949  (B40) Sicilian, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1950  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 0-1
4 v 3
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0
4 v 3
Gligoric vs Euwe, 1953  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 78 moves, 1-0
4 v 3
Botvinnik vs Najdorf, 1956  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 73 moves, 1-0
4 v 3
H S Cohen vs Timoshenko, 1999 (D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 63 moves, 0-1
4 v 3
I Sokolov vs Chernin, 1991 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 0-1
4 v 3
P Nikolic vs Ftacnik, 1997  (D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 66 moves, 1-0
Duras vs Nimzowitsch, 1912  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Keres, 1951  (E14) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs Antoshin, 1954  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1-0
Piket vs Kasparov, 2000  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0
Vidmar vs Menchik, 1929  (A43) Old Benoni, 88 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Stahlberg, 1953  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 67 moves, 1-0
The Basics
G Oskam vs Rubinstein, 1906  (C01) French, Exchange, 63 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1926  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rubinstein vs Tarrasch, 1914  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rubinstein vs O Chajes, 1911  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Capablanca, 1929  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs Adams, 2015  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 64 moves, 1-0
I Krush vs S Milliet, 2015  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 75 moves, 1-0
A Givon vs J Jirka, 2012 (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
Bologan vs Kosteniuk, 2015 (C78) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1-0
K Arkell vs A Mista, 2016 (E60) King's Indian Defense, 58 moves, 0-1
R+B v R+B
Navara vs Caruana, 2016  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0
F Hallebeek vs G Welling, 1990  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Winning against strong counterplay
Shankland vs A Chandra, 2016  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 1-0
converting a pawn up ending
Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2016  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 53 moves, 1-0
F de Carvalho vs P Trifunovic, 1953 (A43) Old Benoni, 68 moves, 0-1
multiple pawn strategy
Alekhine vs Spielmann, 1927  (C13) French, 69 moves, 1-0
positional advantage - backward pawn
Andersson vs Huebner, 1981  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0
Tactics and a Rook Pawn Win
Keymer vs Bacrot, 2017  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 0-1
Transition to a winning K+P ending
Glek vs B Colias, 1990 (C46) Three Knights, 56 moves, 1-0
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