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Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners
Compiled by nishnov
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Too optimistic
Motylev vs Bareev, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 43 moves, 0-1

A premature attack
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2013 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

Pawn sac for development
A Pytlakowski vs Smyslov, 1952 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Fressinet, 2013 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Polgar vs Van der Wiel, 1992
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 41 moves, 0-1

Timman vs H Bouwmeester, 1967 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 9 moves, 1-0

Mamedyarov vs E Inarkiev, 2017 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2010 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 1-0

A hesitant queen
B Amin vs D Gordievsky, 2018 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 27 moves, 1-0

Giri vs M Oleksienko, 2014
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs Geller, 1961 
(E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Lputian, 2004 
(C18) French, Winawer, 61 moves, 1-0

So vs Carlsen, 2017 
(C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1

The King cut off
S Chanda vs Ivanchuk, 2018 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 23 moves, 1-0

Doubled rooks-on the seventh!
Velimirovic vs E Bukic, 1963 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs Larsen, 1964 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 30 moves, 0-1

S L Narayanan vs A Adly, 2018
(D90) Grunfeld, 43 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1939 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

F Olafsson vs Karpov, 1977 
(A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Y Vilner vs P Romanovsky, 1924 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 51 moves, 0-1

Karjakin vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs C Guimard, 1954 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

Li Shilong vs Huang Qiming, 2005 
(C14) French, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1936 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 57 moves, 1-0

Bu Xiangzhi vs X Xu, 2017
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

R Hernandez Onna vs Kasparov, 1979 
(A10) English, 26 moves, 0-1

Adams vs Kasparov, 1992 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 0-1

M Weiss vs Paulsen, 1887 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 44 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Bolbochan, 1962  
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0

Geller vs Najdorf, 1953 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 57 moves, 1-0

M Ragger vs Xiong, 2017 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Toward f7
Kramnik vs S Sjugirov, 2016 
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Kharlov vs M Baturyn, 1998
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 53 moves, 1-0

Indjic vs M Petrosyan, 2018
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0

Krasenkow vs Gledura, 2018
(D85) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nisipeanu vs S Gordon, 2013 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 35 moves, 1-0

K Georgiev vs B Kurajica, 1998
(C10) French, 38 moves, 1-0

Oll vs Dreev, 1989 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0

Ivanchuk vs Timman, 1990 
(A20) English, 57 moves, 1-0

Towards the endgame
P Zarnicki vs Sutovsky, 1997
(B53) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

From the opening
T L Petrosian vs Motylev, 2005
(B56) Sicilian, 52 moves, 0-1

Exchanging your way foward
Anand vs Y Hou, 2018 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Here comes the bishop
V S Gujrathi vs J van Foreest, 2017
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 60 moves, 1-0

P Smirnov vs Grischuk, 2016
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

N Padevsky vs Taimanov, 1956
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 0-1

J L Hammer vs Svidler, 2017 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2013 
(A13) English, 47 moves, 1-0

T Gelashvili vs P Kotsur, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 45 moves, 0-1

Leko vs Kramnik, 2002 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 37 moves, 0-1

Caruana vs Eljanov, 2011 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2015 
(C49) Four Knights, 43 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs H Steiner, 1946 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

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