Precocious Beginning
Seirawan vs A Bisguier, 1975  (A28) English, 53 moves, 1-0
Unique Mikenas
Seirawan vs V Zaltsman, 1978  (A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 48 moves, 1-0
On His Way to Junior Champion
Seirawan vs G Barbero, 1979  (A28) English, 26 moves, 1-0
For careful study
Marjanovic vs Seirawan, 1979  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1
For future analysis; 24.b3!?
Seirawan vs Miles, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Tenacious D cannot help Larsen
Seirawan vs B Larsen, 1979  (A10) English, 67 moves, 1-0
Nice attack out of the Botvinnik System
Seirawan vs M Vukic, 1979  (A16) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Another Mikenas-Carls
Seirawan vs E Handoko, 1979  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 47 moves, 1-0
Pouncing on opening blunder
Seirawan vs M Wiedenkeller, 1979  (A17) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Seirawan's Czech-Benoni
C Hoi vs Seirawan, 1979  (A56) Benoni Defense, 40 moves, 0-1
Quieting the IQP
Seirawan vs Alburt, 1980  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 60 moves, 1-0
Convincing Korchnoi
Seirawan vs Korchnoi, 1980  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 39 moves, 1-0
One Strange Pirc
V Kovacevic vs Seirawan, 1980  (B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 0-1
"I'd like to play"
Seirawan vs Tal, 1980  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 57 moves, 1-0
Against a Fellow American
Seirawan vs Evans, 1980  (A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
23.Nfh5!?
Seirawan vs G Sigurjonsson, 1980  (A21) English, 30 moves, 1-0
The Mighty Mikenas
Seirawan vs J Peters, 1980  (A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Stopping dangerous pawn pushes
Van der Wiel vs Seirawan, 1980  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 0-1
C-file domination
Seirawan vs M Rivas Pastor, 1980  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 20 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Fireworks
Hort vs Seirawan, 1981  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
Keres-Attack
Seirawan vs Korchnoi, 1981  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 40 moves, 1-0
Playing against White's DSB
L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1981  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 46 moves, 0-1
Another King's House
Lobron vs Seirawan, 1981  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
A calculated risk
Seirawan vs P Biyiasas, 1981  (A48) King's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
20.Bg5! Delayed Samisch KID
Seirawan vs Balashov, 1982  (E73) King's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Nailing Karpov's Preparation
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
37..Ng4!
Portisch vs Seirawan, 1982  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Dominant Knight
Seirawan vs Short, 1982  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
English, Rook pawns, positional win
Seirawan vs Korchnoi, 1983  (A16) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Saccing for scope and squares with 11.c5!
Seirawan vs Portisch, 1983  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 36 moves, 1-0
17.Nxd5 opens the floodgates
Seirawan vs H Ardiansyah, 1983  (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 24 moves, 1-0
Another Knight vs Bishop
Seirawan vs B Larsen, 1983  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0
Pawn sacs for development and initiative
Seirawan vs Dzindzichashvili, 1984  (E12) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0
Samisch Smash
Korchnoi vs Seirawan, 1984  (A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
Efficient attack against the solid Nimzo
Seirawan vs Kudrin, 1984  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Interesting exchange sac
Seirawan vs D Gurevich, 1985  (A61) Benoni, 36 moves, 1-0
Positional Crush
J Murey vs Seirawan, 1985  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Razor-sharp defense
Quinteros vs Seirawan, 1985  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
36.Ne4!? Returns piece to set-up e4-blockade
Seirawan vs L Gutman, 1985  (E70) King's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
Destroying the Benko Gambit
Seirawan vs D Gurevich, 1986  (A57) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
R+N endgame
Seirawan vs Kudrin, 1986  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
Harmony without the queen
Portisch vs Seirawan, 1986  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 98 moves, 0-1
Stifling the hedgehog
Seirawan vs Suba, 1986  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 55 moves, 1-0
Using the Baselines
Seirawan vs B M Kogan, 1986  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
19..Rxe2 rook sac for two minors
Ljubojevic vs Seirawan, 1986  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Seirawan's pet line vs Benko
Seirawan vs D Gurevich, 1987  (A59) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0
19.Ne5 and 26.Rxf6
Seirawan vs Kudrin, 1987  (A36) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Subtle and Deadly
Seirawan vs L Christiansen, 1987  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Seirawan's Impeccable English
Seirawan vs I Sokolov, 1987  (A16) English, 27 moves, 1-0
10..Kf8!?
Reshevsky vs Seirawan, 1987  (A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 0-1
Delayed Stonewall Attack
Seirawan vs B M Kogan, 1987  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense
Alburt vs Seirawan, 1988  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 48 moves, 0-1
Dynamic C-K
Gipslis vs Seirawan, 1988  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
A methodical yet radical change
Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1988  (E61) King's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs Seirawan, 1988  (A17) English, 40 moves, 1-0
Great play unrewarded
Seirawan vs Alburt, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
The Smothering Knight Pair
Seirawan vs Andersson, 1989  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Breaching the Fortress
Fedorowicz vs Seirawan, 1989  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 52 moves, 0-1
Q-sac leads to interesting play
Salov vs Seirawan, 1989  (A14) English, 54 moves, 0-1
20.Rb7!
Seirawan vs Dreev, 1990  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Pet QID
Seirawan vs Timman, 1990  (E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
Entombing pieces
Seirawan vs J Tisdall, 1990  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 40 moves, 1-0
19..Bf6 and 20..Be5
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Seirawan, 1990  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 24 moves, 0-1
KID on steroids
I Ivanov vs Seirawan, 1991  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 31 moves, 0-1
Direct attack on the K
Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991  (A28) English, 28 moves, 1-0
<15..hxg3ep> Steely defense!
Lautier vs Seirawan, 1991  (A56) Benoni Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
Looking good in hedgehog
Timman vs Seirawan, 1991  (A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1
Exchange sac to remember
Seirawan vs Z Kozul, 1991  (E77) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Grinding down the Grunfeld.
Seirawan vs H Olafsson, 1991  (D85) Grunfeld, 41 moves, 1-0
The Fantastic 16..Ra5
Ivanchuk vs Seirawan, 1992  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Improved KID to endgame victory
Karpov vs Seirawan, 1992  (B06) Robatsch, 82 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld felled
Seirawan vs Mecking, 1992  (D85) Grunfeld, 37 moves, 1-0
Missed crusher <63.b6>
Seirawan vs J Polgar, 1992  (A59) Benko Gambit, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
<47.Bxg6!> 52.Bxg6! with an amazing finish!
Seirawan vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1992  (E77) King's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0
Smothering the bishop
Seirawan vs B Larsen, 1992  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
31..Rxc3!
Topalov vs Seirawan, 1993  (A25) English, 47 moves, 0-1
Double Exchange Sac
Seirawan vs P Zarnicki, 1993  (E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
Positional Sac leading to pawn roller.
Adianto vs Seirawan, 1994  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
17.Qg3
Seirawan vs Yermolinsky, 1994  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
Nice bind
Seirawan vs Dreev, 1995  (B10) Caro-Kann, 62 moves, 1-0
Beating Moro and the KIA
Morozevich vs Seirawan, 1995  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 0-1
Addressing development
Van Wely vs Seirawan, 1995  (E12) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 0-1
A tactical endgame
J Piket vs Seirawan, 1996  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 73 moves, 0-1
A lone win, but convincing
Seirawan vs Ivanchuk, 1997  (E77) King's Indian, 22 moves, 1-0
Pragmatic sacs for play
J Ye vs Seirawan, 1998  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
27..Qd4! and 37..Qd3!
Adams vs Seirawan, 1999  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 0-1
Missed crusher on 34, still a solid win vs Gruenfeld
Seirawan vs Yermolinsky, 2000  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Needed Victory
Seirawan vs Gulko, 2000  (A04) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
Clear crush of another hedgehog 22.Nc6
Seirawan vs B Khatanbaatar, 2000  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 1-0
4...a6 Slav tamed
Seirawan vs C Zhu, 2002  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
A Seirawan Specialty
Seirawan vs J Polgar, 2011  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 44 moves, 1-0
Crystal clear response to gambit
Seirawan vs Mamedyarov, 2011  (A43) Old Benoni, 29 moves, 1-0
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