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62 Most Instructive Games
Compiled by TexTeky
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According to Irving Chernov and one of his "classic" books

Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

H Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, 1929  
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

R Domenech vs Flohr, 1935 
(B40) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs H Corral, 1954 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs H Berliner, 1960 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs R Frentz, 1933 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 35 moves, 1-0

Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1957 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 33 moves, 1-0

M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946 
(A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1894  
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945 
(B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0

M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953 
(C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0

S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1873 
(C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 0-1

Colle System
Tartakower vs R Domenech, 1934 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Defense??
Tarrasch vs Showalter, 1898 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0

L Barden vs Rossolimo, 1950 
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1

Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1946 
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 42 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch / allies vs Paulsen / allies, 1888 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0

Foltys vs Golombek, 1947 
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

Kashdan vs H Steiner, 1932 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0

Keres vs A Tarnowski, 1952 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0

Blackburne vs M Weiss, 1889 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 70 moves, 0-1

M Weiss vs Blackburne, 1889 
(B01) Scandinavian, 57 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1961 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

W Schlage vs Reti, 1928 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 47 moves, 0-1

Capablanca vs Allies, 1920 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0

O Bernstein vs J Mieses, 1904 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 49 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885 
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0

Burn vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1906 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

Eliskases vs Gruenfeld, 1933 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 53 moves, 1-0

Schlechter vs J Mason, 1903 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

V Chekhover vs I Rudakovsky, 1945 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Vogel, 1910 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1897 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 66 moves, 1-0

Schlechter vs W John, 1905 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0

J Mieses vs Reshevsky, 1935 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 0-1

Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1

Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1931 
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0

Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923 
(C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

D Andric vs D Djaja, 1949 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Marshall vs Capablanca, 1918 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1958 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 81 moves, 1-0

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