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Concerning the Bishops.

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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