Using rooks to control the open file Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1938  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0 Using rooks to control the open file. Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0 Trapping and attacking the king in the middle of the board Keres vs J Sajtar, 1954  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0 Trapping and attacking the king in the middle of the board Browne vs Quinteros, 1974  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 Escape by perpetual check Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000  (A15) English, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Escape by perpetual check Simagin vs Aronin, 1947  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 End game: Exploiting the bad bishop. Start at move 23. A Saidy vs Fischer, 1964  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1 End game: Exploiting the bad bishop. Start at move 36. Averbakh vs Lilienthal, 1949  (E90) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 Exploiting the bad bishop. Start at move 20. Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953  (E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1 End game: Exploiting the bad bishop. Start at move 25. Burn vs Alekhine, 1911  (C13) French, 82 moves, 1-0 Kings Indian Attack O Cvitan vs A Borg, 2004  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0 GBW defense setup for closed games against the English Bobotsov vs Najdorf, 1970 (A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 0-1 Offer a sacrifice to open lines to the uncastled king. Chigorin vs Burn, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1 Closed center: White counters Black's f5 flank attack Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Closed center: Open file for rooks, tack with space advantage Taimanov vs Geller, 1953  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 40 moves, 1-0 Closed center: Attacking a pawn chain and blocking a pawn break P San Segundo Carrillo vs Topalov, 1996  (E92) King's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1 Closed Center: Exchange sac Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1 Closed center: Counter queenside break with kingside break L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0 Closed Center: Pay attention to where the pawns point Milner-Barry vs Botvinnik, 1935  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 54 moves, 0-1 Closed center Van Wely vs Topalov, 2005  (C02) French, Advance, 47 moves, 0-1 Closed center: Spanish Attack, White sacs a pawn to open file Yates vs L Asztalos, 1927  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 53 moves, 1-0 Closed Center: Spanish Attack, Rubenstein's defense 21..Nf7 Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1926  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 Closed center: Open files with flank pawns Karpov vs Andersson, 1969  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 60 moves, 1-0 Open Center: Back rank threat A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1986  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 40 moves, 0-1 Open Center: 0-0-0 and attack the uncastled king Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0 Open center: 0-0-0 and attack the 0-0-0 king Pirc vs Alekhine, 1931  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1 Open Center: Use open diagonals to attack squares around king Szabo vs G Sigurjonsson, 1968  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 0-1 Open Center: Use open diagonals to attack squares around king Flohr vs R Pitschak, 1930  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1 closed center Flohr vs Lilienthal, 1936  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 1-0 Mobile center: Win the initiative by rolling pawns forward. Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0 Mobile center: Disrupt white's push to e4. H Bouwmeester vs Euwe, 1950  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 73 moves, 0-1 Mobile center: Ruin White's chance to mobilze the center. Szabo vs Petrosian, 1953  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 39 moves, 0-1 32 games