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rolling knights
Compiled by tonsillolith
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These things can be deadly, and I really like watching them. This is what makes the knight pair stronger than a bishop and a knight in my opinion, although I agree the bishop pair is strongest in open game.

Alekhine vs A Aviles, 1932 
(B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

Bird vs Steinitz, 1866 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

White rolls his knights the wrong direction
Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 28 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1962 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0

P Dubinin vs Botvinnik, 1939 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1

J Thomason vs Fischer, 1955 
(E90) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

Kasparov vs I Rogers, 1976 
(B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0

Alekhine gets rolled
Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1

Not technically rolling, but good movement nonetheless.
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1936 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016 
(A04) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 0-1

Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1

Caruana vs Duda, 2022
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0

looseleaf
Lautier vs Carlsen, 2005 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 66 moves, 0-1

looseleaf
Carlsen vs A Beliavsky, 2006 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 1-0

Niemann vs So, 2022 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 59 moves, 0-1

A Kevitz vs Fischer, 1971 
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 27 moves, 0-1

Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1996 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 34 moves, 1-0

Very active, central knights. Sadly, overpowered by bishops
Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2023 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2020 
(B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0

eh
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2019 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 52 moves, 0-1

Knights dominating bishops on an open board
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2007 
(A06) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Huebner vs Kasparov, 1986 
(D90) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 0-1

Khismatullin vs Carlsen, 2023 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 50 moves, 0-1

V S Gujrathi vs Carlsen, 2023 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 72 moves, 0-1

W Ju vs Wei Yi, 2024 
(A90) Dutch, 39 moves, 0-1

Karpov vs R Hernandez Onna, 1977 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 41 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Ljubojevic, 1999 
(E73) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Knight/bishop pair/pair on an open board/board, respectively
So vs Carlsen, 2024
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 0-1

Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2011 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 0-1

welp
Smeets vs Carlsen, 2010 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 0-1

sorta but good game anyway
M Markov vs Praggnanandhaa, 2024
(A20) English, 47 moves, 0-1

sorta kinda
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009 
(B30) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2009 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 69 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2006 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1

Reti vs Capablanca, 1924 
(A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0

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