King in Center- Sacrifice to open lines
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Punishment for losing time in opening
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Exchanging to prevent castling
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Lack of harmony
Chigorin vs Salwe, 1906  (C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
Opening or Middlegame?
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1939  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Unexpected Sacrifice
Kholmov vs Keres, 1959  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Nowhere to hide
Fischer vs J Rubinetti, 1970  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 24 moves, 1-0
Probing for Weakness
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
Pursuit
S Tatai vs Karpov, 1977  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1
All out Attack
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
When King is Safe in Center- Is castling necessary?
Kmoch vs Alekhine, 1922  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 0-1
Harmonious regrouping
Kotov vs Keres, 1950  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
Stronger side must attack
Steinitz vs G MacDonnell, 1865  (C41) Philidor Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
Target on h6
Capablanca vs Levenfish, 1935  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 26 moves, 1-0
Invading weak squares
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Invading weak squares 2
Smyslov vs Stahlberg, 1953  (C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
Lack of harmony
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
Lack of harmony 2
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980  (D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
Weak diagonal
Alekhine vs C H Alexander, 1936  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Unprepared attack
Capablanca vs A Becker, 1929  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Piece attacks against strong structure- combination
Euwe vs Keres, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 56 moves, 0-1
Exchanging to increase activity
Tal vs Najdorf, 1960  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice to divert defenders
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Successful Counterattack against overextended attacker
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Pawn Attacks with same side castling- Attacking with one pawn
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Opening a file
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1935  (C15) French, Winawer, 64 moves, 1-0
Activating every piece
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Advancing prematurely
A Brinckmann vs Bogoljubov, 1921  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 0-1
Wing thrust vs central counterplay
Unzicker vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
Attacking with multiple pawns- Space advantage
E Gereben vs Smyslov, 1949  (D95) Grunfeld, 56 moves, 0-1
Slow buildup
Reti vs C Carls, 1925  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1-0
Opening files
Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
Queenside counterplay
A Bisguier vs Petrosian, 1954  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 0-1
Transition to the endgame
N Riumin vs I Kan, 1936  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
Attacks with opposite side castling- superior mobility and coor
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
No counterplay
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
Open lines at any cost
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1896  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0
Open lines at any cost
Rubinstein vs Teichmann, 1908  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Attacking the fianchetto
Spassky vs L Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Attacking the fianchetto
Boleslavsky vs Geller, 1953  (B58) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Invasion on the a file
E Gereben vs Geller, 1952  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 0-1
Kingside Majority
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
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