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BwanaVa's favorite Flank Games II
Compiled by BwanaVa
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A Lein vs Polugaevsky, 1966 
(A36) English, 36 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 
(A21) English, 50 moves, 1-0

Early Seirawan and the English v. Henley
Seirawan vs R Henley, 1976 
(A28) English, 41 moves, 1-0

Q side dissolution in a KIA
I Bulmaga vs J Rojas Solano, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Caruana Ambush
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018 
(A28) English, 41 moves, 1-0

Instructive KIA attack that just falls short
A Skripchenko vs I Krush, 2004 
(B40) Sicilian, 49 moves, 0-1

Marvelous beat down with Endgame transition.
Kramnik vs Duda, 2018 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 37 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs A Medina Garcia, 1968 
(A26) English, 40 moves, 1-0

Classic KIA assault
Jansa vs T Harestad, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik type set up with h4
So vs Lagno, 2019
(A26) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1998 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1-0

Queen g4 puts Black on his heels
T Beerdsen vs Nijboer, 2018 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

Suttles vs Benko, 1974 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 48 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs R Broadbent, 1946 
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Tigran Exchange sac...The Bot falters in the fifth hour.
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A10) English, 34 moves, 0-1

Pachman vs J H Donner, 1955 
(A10) English, 32 moves, 1-0

Old School Closed Sicilian
Duras vs P P Saburov, 1906 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

Short doesn't keep the a-pawn under lock and key
Kasparov vs Short, 1990 
(A26) English, 48 moves, 1-0

f5 pin out of botvinnik variation
C McNab vs A Rittiphunyawong, 1984 
(A25) English, 23 moves, 1-0

KIA d4:c5 positions
Y Qu vs B Martini, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Classic N:d5 sacrifice in the KIA
Vasiukov vs Uhlmann, 1962 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Benko vs A Bisguier, 1964 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

Szabo vs N Spiridonov, 1974 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1-0

Re5 sacrifice
Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 44 moves, 1-0

H Morton vs W Adams, 1937 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 32 moves, 1-0

Csom vs A Yusupov, 1982 
(A25) English, 52 moves, 1-0

McShane vs Z Andriasian, 2017 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

V Osnos vs Y Neishtadt, 1956
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 52 moves, 1-0

&th rank pawn nibbler
Seirawan vs M Narciso Dublan, 2011 
(A25) English, 35 moves, 1-0

a way to handle symmetrical English
J H Donner vs H Ree, 1971 
(A36) English, 34 moves, 1-0

KIA with blown open queenside
Movsesian vs M Panarin, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

g5 queen trap
Karpov vs K Rogoff, 1971 
(A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0

e6 and double R sac at g6
Quinteros vs R Henley, 1976 
(A14) English, 39 moves, 1-0

Re8!! Bolt from the Blue out of a Closed Sicilian
H Bastian vs G Walter, 1997 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Sokolskys rides again!
H Hahlbohm vs D Polland, 1937 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

H Bohm vs S Odendahl, 1978
(B20) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

M Zlotnikov vs V Liberzon, 1979
(A25) English, 36 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen+Bxg7 sac
J Bellon Lopez vs R Byrne, 1975 
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Loose bishop on a3
Seirawan vs R Costigan, 1977 
(A28) English, 29 moves, 1-0

Bf7 then Rc7 then skewer
Mecking vs L A Tan, 1973 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 1-0

Speed chess follies (probably)
Dzindzichashvili vs M Rohde, 1992 
(A10) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik formation v Bb4 English
Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2003 
(A22) English, 50 moves, 1-0

Magnus busts up the Botvinnik
O Boyum Fossum vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A10) English, 50 moves, 0-1

Sicilian transposition-White wins d4
Predojevic vs A Seyb, 2016 
(B50) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

Rf6 sac sets up skewer
Smyslov vs Geller, 1951 
(B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 48 moves, 1-0

Even Kasparov plays the KIA against the French
Kasparov vs B Kantsler, 1975 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Slow retreat, slow pressure, fast B:c6!
Keene vs R Eggmann, 1965 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Sokolsky type position then double Fianchetto.
B Beffie vs P van Hoorn, 1923 
(A15) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Dzindzhi flanks The Fed
Dzindzichashvili vs J Fedorowicz, 1978 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Karjakin returns the Flanking favor...
Karjakin vs Shankland, 2021 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

E6 and constant pressure
Vasiukov vs R Gunawan, 1988 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

A Adly vs V Laznicka, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Sack the House and finish with Q:e5
C Zou vs Sengupta, 2019 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Strip the kingside-attack the unprotected king
Suba vs Ibanez, 1993 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 23 moves, 1-0

Seirawan C-File domination and c7 invasion
Seirawan vs M Rivas Pastor, 1980 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 20 moves, 1-0

KIA-Miles scores a stalemate
Miles vs M Nedobora, 1994 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA-Rogoff 10.C4 line against q-side castling.
K Rogoff vs J Bellon Lopez, 1969 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Textbook KIA. Q cannot cover f7 and g7
J Augustin vs Suba, 1977 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 1-0

The “Mary poppins” game ( pun of the day)
L P Supi vs K Plichta, 2022 
(A10) English, 42 moves, 1-0

White blows up center in KIA
A Phillips vs G Abrahams, 1955 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

Browne makes like Fischer KIA
Browne vs J Acers, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 1-0

A consummate KIA beat down
Y Lapshun vs B Reichstein, 2000 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Textbook KIA
V Bhat vs H Akopyan, 1999 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

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