The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
M M Smith vs Maroczy, 1906  (B40) Sicilian, 48 moves, 0-1
Ed Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Denker, 1936  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 37 moves, 0-1
Chasing out the Q
O'Kelly vs Ahlbach, 1938  (B54) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0
G Morrison vs G Chandler, 1978  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 16 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 83 moves, 0-1
Bishop on d1 leaves White in a dilemma.
V Shvydenko vs Levertov, 1963  (C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Sax vs Seirawan, 1988  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993  (B83) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
T Hoang Le vs A Breier, 1997 (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 87 moves, 0-1
Two BxN exchanges to shatter a pawn structure.
Karpov vs H Motyka, 2000  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 57 moves, 1-0
A Tall Pawn in the middlegame.
Grischuk vs C Bauer, 2005  (B01) Scandinavian, 40 moves, 1-0
When two Bishops > two Rooks
Topalov vs Aronian, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Two Bishops support passed Pawn
Anand vs Topalov, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0
"Somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
Wrong color
B Amin vs TransWarp, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 240 moves, 1/2-1/2
When Q+B>Q+Q
Mamedyarov vs Grischuk, 2018  (D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 39 moves, 1-0
Firouzja vs Harikrishna, 2020  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
Radjabov vs Aronian, 2021  (D80) Grunfeld, 62 moves, 1-0
Tallest of tall Pawns in the middlegame
Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 68 moves, 0-1
Keymer vs L Costa, 2025  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
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