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Positional beauties in chess
Compiled by artemis
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These are some of my favorite games where few tactics are used to achieve a dominating position. Happy viewing!

This is a wonderful game with excellent play by Kasparov
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Complete strangulation
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

A few mistakes makes for an incredibly dominated position
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

A knight sac for purely positional advantage!
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

An exchange sac sets the way for positional dominance
Korchnoi vs P H Nielsen, 2005 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0

Simply a masterpiece from Kramnik.
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0

This is a golden little gem from Linares 1992
A Yusupov vs Anand, 1992 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 70 moves, 1-0

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