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Masterpieces of long-term strategy
Compiled by Gregor Samsa Mendel
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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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