Why you should take a draw against Bobby Fischer
Fischer vs Benko, 1962  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Think you can see mating patterns like this?
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
The greatest game ever!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Evergreen
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Greco #1
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0
Greco #2 - Problems when you put your queen on e early
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 1-0
Greco #3 - What to do if your opp. plays f6 and g5
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
Morphology #1
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Always struggle on - you never know when a draw will appear!
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Morphology #2
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
J Klavins vs Tal, 1954  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs P Nikolic, 2002  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0
Keres vs W Winter, 1935  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
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