Highly complex
Huebner vs W Pesch, 1967  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 44 moves, 1-0
zugzwang of a finish
Mamedyarov vs Svidler, 2014  (A81) Dutch, 31 moves, 1-0
polish bird. 4. b4
Ivkov vs M Cuellar Gacharna, 1967  (A03) Bird's Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
polish bird. 4. b4
Ivkov vs Unzicker, 1965 (A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonewall attack
Breyer vs Spielmann, 1920  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Staunton Gambit
G Norman vs Tartakower, 1924  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
Bobby plays bird- tactics
Fischer vs Mecking, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
RR+B: RR+N endgame-sicilian bird
Tartakower vs P S Leonhardt, 1920  (A02) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
classical dutch reversed- stonewall-control of 7th rank
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1958  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Phenomenal trapping of pieces
Tartakower vs L Asztalos, 1913  (A03) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
T Taylor vs R Vasquez Schroeder, 2005 (A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Aggressive endgame- QR vs RR+KT
Larsen vs Gligoric, 1966  (A02) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 1-0
mating tactics, threat of checkmate defendng pieces
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1883  (A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
tactical showcase
Korchnoi vs G Goldberg, 1950  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
wall on 4th rank- computer, long endgame
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Excellent draw- opp colored bishops, dynamic sacrifice
M Basman vs Tal, 1974  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonewall- queen sac
Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 30 moves, 0-1
stonewall (w)-classic attack up h-file
V Polonski vs T Metsalu, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
from gambit- endgame- diversionary tactics! it's a trap!
Kholmov vs V Colin, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
early push of e pawn- strong endgame
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
from gambit, decisive attack by black
J Schenkein vs Spielmann, 1910  (A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
my systemic tactics- invasion of second row
L Van Vliet vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
from gambit-removal of defenders
H Hau vs D Lardot, 2000  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
from gambit-orderly defenses
Albin vs Marshall, 1903  (A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
maitenence on the stonewall
O Saenko vs Y Kruppa, 1998  (A84) Dutch, 38 moves, 0-1
combination attack
E Zinner vs Flohr, 1936  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 29 moves, 0-1
queen sac, white shoulda fianchetto'd his KSB
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924  (A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1
stonewall-annotations- what not to do in the dutch
Petrosian vs Bondarevsky, 1950  (A92) Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0
wonderful central mate-instructive attacks
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
hypermodern- flawless opening- diversion w/ a pawn
M Basman vs A Whiteley, 1973  (A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
dutch-4 bishop ending-destruction of pawn chain, forcing space
D Baramidze vs Caruana, 2014  (A81) Dutch, 75 moves, 0-1
dutch-leningrad-white underdevelops-tactical pin
R Etruk vs Kholmov, 1965 (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 27 moves, 0-1
leningrad-control of center-remove LSB- just enough defence
Kholmov vs M Knezevic, 1973  (A86) Dutch, 30 moves, 1-0
Dutch-RKt vs Rb->RvR end-weirdly interlocked pawns
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015  (A90) Dutch, 52 moves, 0-1
dutch-leningrad w/c6-lets pawns adv-str Kt's: revealed atk by R
I Capek vs Kholmov, 1995  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 31 moves, 0-1
Double fianchetto, transposes to bird-Q and p's end game
Landa vs Kholmov, 1997  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
Dutch-leningrad-tactical shot skewers-RRB endgame
Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 44 moves, 1-0
Dutch-classical-massive minor piece tactical storm
Gulko vs Short, 1990  (A92) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1
Dutch-stonewall-equalization by e5 and d4-keeping it closed
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 1992  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
dutch-stonewall-opened too quickly-fork and mate threat
S Wastney vs E Vodyasov, 2002 (A90) Dutch, 24 moves, 0-1
Dutch-stonewall-passed pawn is worth more than a piece
Van Wely vs M Ulybin, 2003  (A90) Dutch, 39 moves, 0-1
Bird-lasker var.-reversed nimzo indian+tempo-powerful B's
Ljubojevic vs C Zuidema, 1972  (A03) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Bird-larsen-flank opening means control of center-benonish p's
Larsen vs I Bilek, 1969  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Bird-by move 5-opened up K side prematurely-removal of guard
M Gurevich vs Adams, 1991  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
nimzo-larsen-wild advance of f pawn-hypermodern
Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1928  (A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
larsen-attackin cojones-DSB sac to create passed pawn potential
Larsen vs T Ledic, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
dutch-control of center-backwards pawn demo-rook end-island
Kholmov vs A Chistiakov, 1949  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 53 moves, 1-0
bird-transposition from torre atk-pawn structure failure
M Perez Candelario vs Kosteniuk, 1997  (D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 27 moves, 0-1
bird, dutch var.- hypermodern-locked pawn structure-closed game
M Michna vs P Schuurman, 2006 (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
bird-colors reversed nimzo-Q ending-passed pawn to win
M Michna vs A Khudaverdieva, 2005  (A03) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
from gambit-lasker var.-immediate def.-improper exch. of piece
M Michna vs S Andriasyan, 2007  (A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
sicilian bird-transposes to dutch-limitation of DSB-quality end
M Lazarevic vs N Gaprindashvili, 1961  (A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
from gambit-careful attention to pawns-discovered checks
B Bannink vs G Timmerman, 1991 (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
dutch-leningrad-hiding from W's bishops-R+LSB end
Karpov vs Nakamura, 2008  (A80) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
dutch-strong B pair-positional,creating weaknesses,then exploit
A Greet vs S Williams, 2004 (A91) Dutch Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
Dutch-huisl var.-symmetrical position-Q+B end, instructive
Filippov vs R Ovetchkin, 2003  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 46 moves, 0-1
closed sicilian bird-control of center- accurate defense of K
Larsen vs M Pavlov, 1963  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
closed sicilian bird-intrelocked pawn structure-limiting of Kt'
Larsen vs Gheorghiu, 1966 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
symmetrical bird by transposition-using a k to control access-
L'Ami vs Kamsky, 2014  (A80) Dutch, 60 moves, 1-0
classic study-positional strangulation of stonewall-Ne5 monster
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
w/a5-R sacrifice to break through blockade- 3p and pos. K hunt
N V Pedersen vs S Williams, 1998  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
Kt sac to close lines and keep K side attack alive.-DSB v R end
Tartakower vs Reti, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
leningrad w/ Nc6-underpromo-Q sac, modern immortal game
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
Accurate def against rapid Q side atk-Kt sac to destroy K side
P Stempin vs A Jakubiec, 2001 (A81) Dutch, 40 moves, 0-1
early h5 push, solid pawn formation
Chiburdanidze vs N Alexandria, 1981  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs N Padevsky, 1965 (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
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