Canadians at work
Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
leaping pieces
G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
leaping pieces
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922  (C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
a journey to space
Roesch vs W Schlage, 1910  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1
staircase
Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior, 2001  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 69 moves, 0-1
a centre in the style of Euwe
Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956  (C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav counter-attack in the Grunfeld
H Steiner vs Fine, 1947 (E60) King's Indian Defense, 42 moves, 0-1
Pope on a pedestal allows King to attack the castle
J Cervenka vs J Schauer, 1993  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
march of the Leningrad army
H Erdogan vs P Varley, 2001  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 32 moves, 0-1
a line-opening method: see move 19
Spassky vs T Ghitescu, 1967  (A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
a pretty finish
Geller vs Averbakh, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
((3 * P) + R) on 7th -> win
Dreev vs Kamsky, 1987  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
a useful mating pattern: overload to pin the Queen
Ed. Lasker vs Alekhine, 1913  (A80) Dutch, 46 moves, 0-1
flag-pole
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
call the arbiter before they fix the game-score!
J Upmark vs Robin Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
interesting stalemating fortress method
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
an invincible fortress!?
Mackenzie vs J Mason, 1882  (C41) Philidor Defense, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2
zugzwang takes a King to the corner
Korchnoi vs O Renet, 1990  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0
trap-door trap causes a tower to crumble
Tal vs S Saeed, 1985  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0
imprisoned! skewered! zugzwang! with a zwichenzug!
L Carranza vs Capablanca, 1911  (C46) Three Knights, 44 moves, 0-1
zugzwang costs a Challenger a chance for a title
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
systematic strangulation
Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953  (E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
zugzwang
Reshevsky vs Bronstein, 1953  (E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 65 moves, 0-1
invasion
B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0
gold-mine! a zugzwang discovery
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk, 1924  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
milking blood from stone statues
J Bernstein vs Marshall, 1915  (C49) Four Knights, 41 moves, 0-1
binded by the lights
Ivanchuk vs Adams, 1991  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 42 moves, 0-1
zugzwang
Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
imprisoned
Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
windmill
G Fridstein vs Aronin, 1949  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 42 moves, 1-0
x-ray mate
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
a dream of chess
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
a trapped Queen
S Knott vs D M Adams, 2004  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
blitz problem composition at the chess-board
Fitzgerald vs Loyd, 1877  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1
play the Ponziani! - using Evan's Gambit Declined set-up
T Loyd vs I Loyd, 1856  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Scotch Goring Attack in the Queen-pawn game
T Loyd vs F Perrin, 1855  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
poisoned Bishop - un-pin to win with 1/2-pin instead
F Perrin vs T Loyd, 1855  (C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
interesting Rook ending
Loyd vs Winawer, 1867  (C42) Petrov Defense, 44 moves, 0-1
sixth-rank passers climb out of woodwork to promote
Loyd vs de Riviere, 1867  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 50 moves, 0-1
unforgettable mate
Loyd vs Kolisch, 1867  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1
Historic Spanish Torture
De Vere vs Loyd, 1867  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
temporal gain with means of a sack
W Schelfhout vs Maroczy, 1920  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1
sacrificial echoes
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
Opera mate Echo
D Kosic vs S Cvetkovic, 1994  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Queen sack
Blackburne vs Mackenzie, 1882  (C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 0-1
demolition of pawn structure
Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 33 moves, 0-1
B leads chain of Pawns using Pomar's line closure tactic
Keres vs V Rootare, 1942  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
tactical gain of tempi - elegant mate
Hort vs Portisch, 1973  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
an instructive double-Rooks ending
Miles vs Hort, 1982  (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 43 moves, 0-1
French sac in a Marshall Sicilian set-up
Hort vs I Radulov, 1974  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
Hort plays the Russian Game
Spassky vs Hort, 1977 (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Teichmann teaches the Spanish game
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
he may have fled the Echidna tentacles, but instead resigned
Von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 0-1
solving the Spanish Knights Game
Teichmann vs Burn, 1909  (C49) Four Knights, 51 moves, 1-0
Boden mate snips a Scandinavian tree from chess forest
Teichmann vs NN, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
21 Rd8+!! calls for a King Hunt
Staunton vs NN, 1840  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
clearance!
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
rare form of exceptional piece co-ordination
S Urusov vs Bihn, 1851  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
pawn-smothered!
Lasker vs NN, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
a Quiet Pawn net sneaks up
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Danish Dynamite
Blackburne vs NN, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
play the Vienna - Steinitz style
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
opposite coloured bishop endings are drawn, right?
G Marco vs Schlechter, 1896  (C00) French Defense, 102 moves, 1/2-1/2
bull-dozing the King's Gambit
Steinitz / Hirschfeld / Mason vs Zukertort / Bird / Hoffer, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1
check & counter-mate
Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1
interesting pawn structure at move 18, tripled later
V Green vs Steinitz, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 0-1
interesting game of odds
Cochrane vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 0-1
Stone-ware stonewall crumbles, twin siege towers erected
E Kemeny vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0
Burn afire!
Burn vs Owen, 1898  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
sealing the French Mason Jar
Zukertort vs J Mason, 1878  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Ljubojevic burnt in complications
Velimirovic vs Ljubojevic, 1972  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0
pawn-smothered!
Bird vs Steinitz, 1868  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
vertical pawn-roller
Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit Declined
Paulsen vs G Neumann, 1861  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
fortress!
Smirin vs HIARCS, 2002  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
fortress!
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
fortress!
Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2
theme: domination
Beliavsky vs Korchnoi, 2004  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 39 moves, 0-1
zugzwang!
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971  (B44) Sicilian, 89 moves, 1-0
back-rank defence
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1895  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 40 moves, 1-0
to win? retreat!
Dzindzichashvili vs Y Sakharov, 1957  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 19 moves, 1-0
shuffle-chess
A Lastin vs Tseshkovsky, 1995  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
shuffle-chess composition? no, crossing of a new frontier-line!
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
a slow start produces a hyper-modern win
N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007  (C10) French, 42 moves, 0-1
Modern Dutch Stonewall
O'Kelly vs A Zwaig, 1975  (A10) English, 43 moves, 0-1
another Immortalized
Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1
an Immortal Dream game
NN vs Bronstein, 1961  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 19 moves, 0-1
Fire On Board!
Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 28 moves, 0-1
Flight of Crazy Red Baron, from Germany; Snoopy required
Staunton vs von der Lasa, 1853  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
The Red Baron summons a Knight at Magical Coronation
Mayet vs von der Lasa, 1839  (A80) Dutch, 45 moves, 0-1
Cavalry Call
Kolisch vs Hirschfeld, 1864  (C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
History of Giuoco Piano
J Mason vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 83 moves, 0-1
converting the passed pawn
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1894  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 60 moves, 1-0
power of the battery
B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
windmill
Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
crush the cramped Caro-Kann
Fischer vs S Kagan, 1968  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 34 moves, 1-0
castling (R guards the file!) avoids checkmate
A Sznapik vs M van Gils, 1986  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Double Muzio Double Gambit
Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
The Chigorin test: 40 ... Bd2
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893  (C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
brilliant attack
V Akopian vs Kuzubov, 2007  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
learn the Four Knight Game
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901  (C49) Four Knights, 68 moves, 0-1
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