King in the middle
Panno vs B Larsen, 1971  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Space advantage
Karpov vs Ribli, 1986  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1-0
Making use of pins
Azmaiparashvili vs Topalov, 2003  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Tactics all around
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
2 passers on 7th
H Cole vs W Winter, 1919  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
The lethal pin
G Milos vs N Murshed, 1997  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Neglecting development
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
N dominating a B in endgame
N Kulzinski vs B Tot, 1947 (E91) King's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1
The weakness of doubles pawns in endgame
Karjakin vs Bacrot, 2009  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Pin Game
B Gamback vs R Nevanlinna, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
Sac'ing pawns to open the lines for attack
F Reinfeld vs Reshevsky, 1932  (E16) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Mating attack with 2Rs and a B
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2009  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
The marvellous Ns attack!
Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2009  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Acting fast
A Beliavsky vs Caruana, 2009  (E12) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
So many pins...
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Weak light squares in a crazy game
R D Miedema vs Giri, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 0-1
Minority attack
Van Wely vs Short, 2010  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
Beautiful exploitation of weak dark sqaures
Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2010  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Not castling can be very dangerous
H Neergaard vs Simagin, 1965  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 28 moves, 0-1
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