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Games that catch my fancy

Kudrin vs Rachels, 1989 
(B56) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1

Bradford vs Tarjan, 1978 
(B89) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Tied up at g2
Larry Evans vs Lombardy, 1971
(A21) English, 41 moves, 0-1

Suttles Irregularity
Suttles vs P Ostojic, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Bishop v. Knight Domination
Fischer vs W G Addison, 1957 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 1-0

I'll Mate Your Face!
Fedorowicz vs K Shirazi, 1979 
(A28) English, 26 moves, 1-0

Landslide
Keene vs S Kagan, 1972 
(A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Sac it All!
Keene vs Miles, 1975  
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0

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

See? Tigran can attack!
Tal vs Petrosian, 1973 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 0-1

Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

B v. Knight domination
K Rogoff vs Zuckerman, 1974
(A15) English, 44 moves, 1-0

Flank originality
Keene vs V Kovacevic, 1973  
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Larsen plays the KIA
Larsen vs Gligoric, 1970 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 1-0

Upset!
A Trefler vs Rohde, 1975 
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Lein wakes up!
A Lein vs Polugaevsky, 1966 
(A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Flank game
Benko vs Bisguier, 1962 
(A04) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0

the AVRO french
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0

Resignation not premature
Fine vs Botvinnik, 1938  
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 31 moves, 1-0

Kotov teaches analysis
Flohr vs Fine, 1935 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

go for it all!
Keres vs Smyslov, 1953 
(A17) English, 28 moves, 0-1

Pawn Count
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

Petroff innocation
Browne vs Bisguier, 1974 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Rook Pawn ending-with rook not behind pawns
Berliner vs Fischer, 1963 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1

When did Fischer fall asleep?
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1963 
(E61) King's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1

C Holt vs M Panchanathan, 2011 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1

Effortless
Wojtkiewicz vs A Law, 1990 
(A09) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

...the f pawn blows it open!
S Landau vs Reshevsky, 1937 
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

M Shibut vs J Roush, 2000
(B40) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs Fischer, 1971 
(E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

Well played pawn ending
Robson vs A Ivanov, 2011 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

DeFirmian vs E Tate, 2001 
(B56) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Bird vs Morphy, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Kudrin vs M Wilder, 1987 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 34 moves, 0-1

Spassky vs Larry Evans, 1962 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs R Byrne, 1973
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1

Polugaevsky vs Maslov, 1963 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Keynote game of the first issue of CLR I got in 1973...
I A Horowitz vs Flohr, 1945 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Rossolimo Qg6!
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Benko, 1959 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 39 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0

R Weinstein vs S Bernstein, 1959 
(A90) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0

Browne vs E Winslow, 1977 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0

Yermolinsky vs J Curdo, 1994
(A80) Dutch, 28 moves, 1-0

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