de Firmian vs Bronstein, 1993  (C16) French, Winawer, 56 moves, 0-1
Weak pawns and weak squares
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0
One of the greatest positional sacrifices ever
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
squeeeeze
Kholmov vs Suetin, 1963  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 56 moves, 1-0
positional masterpiece
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
Material isn't everything...
W Schmidt vs P Enders, 1981  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 29 moves, 0-1
Matulovic vs Fischer, 1968  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1953  (A17) English, 56 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
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