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Classic Games
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These are the games that were selected by GM Avetik Grigoryan for his ChessMood course "Commented Classical Games."

Playing Against Hanging Pawns
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908  
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0

Two Important Rules for Converting the Advantage
Schlechter vs W John, 1905 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0

Strategic Triumph
Steinitz vs A G Sellman, 1885 
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0

An Ideal Attacking Game
Steinitz vs Showalter, 1898 
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0

Pressuring with Half Open Lines
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1

Get Out of the Way!
A Evenson vs Alekhine, 1916 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 48 moves, 0-1

Playing Against an IQP Position
Marshall vs Spielmann, 1906 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

Queenside Pawn Majority
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1

Advantage of a Knight Pair
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(C49) Four Knights, 60 moves, 0-1

The g4 Plan in Ruy Lopez
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Isolating a Piece
W Winter vs Capablanca, 1919 
(C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

Tactical Vision
F Zita vs Bronstein, 1946 
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 30 moves, 0-1

Positional Powerplay
Alekhine vs A Vajda, 1923 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 43 moves, 1-0

Finding a Plan
Reti vs Yates, 1924 
(A13) English, 31 moves, 1-0

Again Nb1!!
Karpov vs C Hansen, 1992 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0

Playing Against a Bad Piece
Bogoljubov vs P Romanovsky, 1924 
(A15) English, 53 moves, 1-0

Removing the Defender
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1911  
(A22) English, 52 moves, 1-0

The Secret of Playing Against an Isolated Pawn
A Bisguier vs Karpov, 1972 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1

Positional Exchange Sacrifice
Ljubojevic vs R Belkadi, 1978
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

The Importance of Half-Open Lines
Botvinnik vs K Kholodkevich, 1927 
(E72) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

How to Break the Opponent's Pyramid
Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946 
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 31 moves, 0-1

When You Need Rooks
Smyslov vs T Ernst, 1988 
(A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Isolating the Opponent's Pieces
Karpov vs Ribli, 1980 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1-0

A Tip for Saving Strategically Lost Positions
V Lyublinsky vs Botvinnik, 1943 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1

Two Bishops Advantage
Petrosian vs Sax, 1979 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0

Endgame in Maroczy Bind
Polugaevsky vs Ivkov, 1969 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0

What Happens With Passive Players
Andersson vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1979 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1-0

Neutralizing the Upcoming Attack
Gligoric vs Benko, 1948 
(E28) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Two Bishops Advantage
Andersson vs J Qi, 1978
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 57 moves, 1-0

Tips on Playing With an Isolated Pawn
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Dilemma of the Open Lines
Botvinnik vs Alekhine, 1938 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0

Exploiting an Isolated Pawn
Botvinnik vs E Zagoryansky, 1943 
(A13) English, 42 moves, 1-0

Neutralizing Upcoming Attack
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0

The TV Concept
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Taking the Initiative With Black
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

The Fantastic Knight on d6
Portisch vs Kasparov, 1989 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1

Activating the Last Piece
Andersson vs S B Hansen, 1999 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 53 moves, 1-0

Doubled Pawns Structure
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

Preventing the Opponent's Idea
G Marco vs Schlechter, 1904 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

The Monster on d5
Andersson vs Browne, 1983 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 1-0

The Betrayed Bishop
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

The Bad Bishop
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Classical Pawn Endgame
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1

Can You Guess the Move?
Rubinstein vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0

Punishing the Opponent's Bad Play
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

The Monster on e5
Petrosian vs A Chistiakov, 1954 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0

The Subtle Art of Exchanges in Chess
Rozentalis vs R Appel, 1993 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Choking Snake
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

The Art of Trading the Bishops
Larsen vs B Andersen, 1963 
(A44) Old Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

The Art of Winning Equal Positions
W Winter vs Alekhine, 1936 
(C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1

The Back-Rank Trick
Portisch vs L Christiansen, 1982 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

Karpov's Nb1!!
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
(B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

The Move of My Life!
A Grigoryan vs R Hovhannisyan, 2006 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

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