chapter 2: Two bishops/ Steinitzian Restriction Method S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1873  (C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 0-1 Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1 S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1883  (C46) Three Knights, 59 moves, 1-0 B Richter vs Tarrasch, 1888  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1 chapter 3: Chigorin and the knight pair--case for success Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1 Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895   (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2 Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1899  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 Burn vs Chigorin, 1897  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 Teichmann vs Chigorin, 1904  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 26 moves, 0-1 chapter 4: Chigorin loses with the knight pair Burn vs Chigorin, 1898  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 34 moves, 1-0 Englisch vs Chigorin, 1883  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0 Chigorin vs Janowski, 1901  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1 J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1907  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 71 moves, 1-0 chapter 5: The problem knight Botvinnik vs Geller, 1952  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 41 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs I Manor, 1986 (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 41 moves, 1-0 L Lucena vs Browne, 1981 (A27) English, Three Knights System, 54 moves, 0-1 Geller vs A Mikhalchishin, 1978  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 1-0 chapter 6: The problem bishop Bronstein vs A Zaitsev, 1968  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0 Bronstein vs A Beliavsky, 1975  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0 G Porreca vs Bronstein, 1954  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 W Winter vs Capablanca, 1919  (C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1 Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1922  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi vs Reshevsky, 1968  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0 chapter 7: The over-rated knight B Larsen vs J H Donner, 1960 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 Y Kotkov vs A Belinkov, 1971 (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 33 moves, 0-1 Cheney vs Mayer, 1990 (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 59 moves, 0-1 .chapter 8: The Over-rated Bishop A Lukovnikov vs Polugaevsky, 1983 (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 0-1 chapter 8: The over-rated bishop Spassky vs Geller, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0 G Kuzmin vs Stein, 1972 (A58) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0 chapter 9: Changing the colour of a bishop Korchnoi vs Topalov, 1996  (A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1 J Diez del Corral vs Petrosian, 1969  (C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 0-1 Kasparov vs Nunn, 1982   (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 21 moves, 1-0 Suba vs I Farago, 1985 (A28) English, 48 moves, 1-0 chapter 10: Increasing the speed of your knights Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0 Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1962  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0 Polugaevsky vs Gheorghiu, 1972 (A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1-0 Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1873  (C41) Philidor Defense, 54 moves, 1-0 Miles vs de Firmian, 1990  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 37 moves, 0-1 chapter 11: The bad bishop Tarrasch vs von Gottschall, 1892  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 48 moves, 1-0 Polugaevsky vs A Rodriguez, 1982 (E92) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0 Petursson vs W N Watson, 1989  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 41 moves, 1-0 Leko vs Shirov, 1996  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 89 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik vs V Shcherbakov, 1955  (A16) English, 23 moves, 1-0 chapter 12: The sacrifice for active bishops Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1948  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 Tal vs H Hecht, 1962  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0 V Shiyanovsky vs Taimanov, 1962 (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 31 moves, 0-1 R G Wade vs Smyslov, 1965  (B07) Pirc, 31 moves Hort vs Gligoric, 1970  (E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 41 moves, 0-1 chapter 13: The unexpected exchange Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 67 moves, 1-0 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 1-0 E Jimenez Zerquera vs B Larsen, 1967  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 43 moves, 0-1 Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1956  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2 chapter 14: Shattered pawn positions H Mattison vs A Nimzowitsch, 1929   (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1 M Cuellar Gacharna vs Tal, 1973  (E91) King's Indian, 79 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs A Nielsen, 1960   (A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0 W Reichenbach vs Sosonko, 1975 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1957  (C18) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs Nagaizev, 1967  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0 Lilienthal vs Smyslov, 1947  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 44 moves, 1-0 chapter 15: The Ruy Lopez ending Benjamin vs G Brooks, 1991  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0 S Brynell vs Geller, 1991 (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 50 moves, 0-1 S Kindermann vs M Voyska, 1992 (C67) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Browne, 1972  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 59 moves, 1-0 chapter 16: The grindable ending, R+B vs. R+N Fischer vs Tal, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1-0 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1970  (B44) Sicilian, 58 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik vs K Langeweg, 1965  (A22) English, 36 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Reti, 1924  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 44 moves, 1-0 chapter 17: Capablanca's Theorem, Q+N > Q+B (endings) Najdorf vs Gligoric, 1948  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 51 moves, 1-0 J Silman vs V Moskalenko, 1994  (A84) Dutch, 41 moves, 0-1 Boleslavsky vs Panov, 1940 (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 54 moves, 1-0 Kupreichik vs Gavrikov, 1981 (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Anand, 1991  (A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 Hjartarson vs Yermolinsky, 1996 (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 52 moves, 0-1 V Ruban vs Ehlvest, 1993 (D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 62 moves, 0-1 75 games