Light square invasion
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
Dark square stranglehold
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1971  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0
Masterful control of the dark squares
Mecking vs Petrosian, 1972  (C11) French, 86 moves, 0-1
Mecking weakens his own light squares... again
Polugaevsky vs Mecking, 1971  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 59 moves, 1-0
Pilnik's bad bishop is decisive
Kotov vs Pilnik, 1952  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 73 moves, 1-0
Kotov vs Gligoric, 1953  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Riumin vs Ragozin, 1934  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1
Ending strikingly similar to that of Kotov vs Pilnik
Karpov vs Hort, 1973  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0
Euwe brutally exploits the weak f6 square
Euwe vs Flohr, 1939  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Capa puts pressure on the c-file and attacks the weak c3 square
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Shirov, 1992  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Thematic play in the Geller gambit
Geller vs Unzicker, 1952  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Raskovsky's kingside is wrecked after 9...Be7
Duras vs Raskovsky, 1902  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1925  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0
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