Smirin vs Grischuk, 2000  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 64 moves, 0-1
Zugzwang theme
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1957  (A15) English, 69 moves, 0-1
Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1897  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 66 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
A Sokolov vs C Marzolo, 2005 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Topalov, 1999  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 60 moves, 1-0
rook vs 5 pawns
S Sztercsco vs V Jacko Sr, 2000  (B32) Sicilian, 77 moves, 1-0
Difficult but still drawn rook ending
Szabo vs Tartakower, 1948  (E16) Queen's Indian, 68 moves, 1-0
Lasker finds a draw
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Basic rook ending, +1 pawn
O Bjarnason vs R Hasangatin, 2006  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 39 moves, 0-1
Practically played in drawish position
M Kobalia vs S Volkov, 2006 (C05) French, Tarrasch, 59 moves, 0-1
Bishop vs. Knight, passed d-pawn
Matulovic vs Korchnoi, 1972  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 0-1
2 bishops vs rook
Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1985  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 61 moves, 0-1
Bishop pair endgame
Bagirov vs Spassky, 1961  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 72 moves, 0-1
I Kurnosov vs G Sargissian, 2005  (C52) Evans Gambit, 71 moves, 0-1
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
P S Leonhardt vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 50 moves, 0-1
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
knight vs bishop
Tarrasch vs Capablanca, 1928  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1
Sicilian space advantage
Tseshkovsky vs Andersson, 1975  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 73 moves, 1-0
Good knight vs the French bad bishop
Grischuk vs Radjabov, 2002  (C02) French, Advance, 59 moves, 1-0
Bishop pair and queenside pressure
Smyslov vs Tal, 1959  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 65 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs T Ernst, 1988  (A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Play against the isolani
Smyslov vs H Olafsson, 1985  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 53 moves, 1-0
Simple but effective bishops&knights with some terrain
D Tovillas vs J Rubinetti, 1978 (C56) Two Knights, 45 moves, 0-1
rook+(e)pawn vs rook
R Djurhuus vs J Aulin-Jansson, 2004 (C88) Ruy Lopez, 61 moves, 1-0
simple rook vs bishop+knight
A Kovacevic vs A Neiksans, 2000 (C42) Petrov Defense, 86 moves, 0-1
KID squeeze
Petrosian vs R Nicevski, 1970 (E91) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
After white's 38th move
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0
Rook+p vs knigt+3p, all passed. Active king
Hort vs Uhlmann, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 59 moves, 1-0
knight ending, outside passed pawn
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2001  (A17) English, 47 moves, 0-1
How to win with the maroczy bind
Smyslov vs L Karlsson, 1982  (A04) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 1-0
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