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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