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Games for me to remember
Compiled by waddayaplay
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My idea with this game collection is to collect game I think I may learn something from.

Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Parma, 1966
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Gufeld, 1963 
(E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

Pawnstorming the q-side-castle
Blackburne vs Tinsley, 1899  
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

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J S Purdy vs Spassky, 1955 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

R P Michell vs Capablanca, 1919 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 54 moves, 0-1

Maroczy vs Capablanca, 1924 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 0-1

Suetin vs Gligoric, 1967 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 54 moves, 0-1

Forintos vs Spassky, 1960 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

Pillsbury vs W Napier, 1902 
(C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Maroczy, 1900 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1898
(C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896 
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Botvinnik, 1961 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0

Steinitz playes the old Steinitz Ruy Lopez
Schiffers vs Steinitz, 1898 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

Playing on both sides
V Puri vs Ivanchuk, 1987 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 0-1

Breaking through on the open c-file
Taimanov vs Bondarevsky, 1951 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0

Taimanov with ingenious positional play
Taimanov vs A Miasnikov, 1957 
(A84) Dutch, 40 moves, 1-0

How to defend efficiently with style
Salov vs Short, 1989 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

The power of pawns
Ivanchuk vs B Benev, 1988 
(B01) Scandinavian, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian ideas, pawnstorming
V Palermo vs Najdorf, 1968 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 0-1

Larsen rules
Speelman vs Larsen, 1990 
(B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Kramnik's prowess
Smirin vs Kramnik, 1995 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 67 moves, 0-1

Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1

Play into a won endgame
Flohr vs I Veltmander, 1950 
(A15) English, 65 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Stahlberg, 1956 
(A05) Reti Opening, 78 moves, 1-0

Superb positional attacking game in the Russian
Khalifman vs Leko, 2000 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 56 moves, 1-0

Manoeuvre in the Spanish
Z Almasi vs H Stefansson, 2006 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0

Simplistic play in Open Spanish
Keres vs R Teschner, 1961
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1-0

Brutal sicilian
Kotronias vs P Varga, 2005
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Model play in the Najdorf
Karpov vs Nunn, 1985 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen bust
Salov vs Gelfand, 1998 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 68 moves, 1-0

Solid attack and ensuing endgame
Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1964 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 66 moves, 1-0

Wins seamingly easy
Fressinet vs D Svetushkin, 2006
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0

H Liebert vs Uhlmann, 1966 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 35 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1964 
(A22) English, 44 moves, 1-0

My most favourite game
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 0-1

My second most favourite game
Browne vs Smyslov, 1982 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

great play by karpov
Spassky vs Karpov, 1979 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

Lakser defense, q-gambit
Van Wely vs A Volokitin, 2008 
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

P Tregubov vs K Kulaots, 2002 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 1-0

king's gambit even I understand
A Planinc vs Vasiukov, 1973 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1

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