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Tactical lessons
Compiled by Rodrigo Gutierrez
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For the tactically impaired, like yours truly.

Torre's windmill
Torre vs Lasker, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Stunted developement punished (here, have a pawn...)
Keres vs W Winter, 1935 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0

Basic mate attack against weakened fianchetto
P Zilles vs V Kutsankov, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

The Uruguayan lesson
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943 
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1

A Fine miniature
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Queen sacrifice 1
P A Boll vs A C Timmerman, 1978 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0

Opening lines to exposed king and queen
Sax vs E Hermansson, 2005 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Queen Sacrifice 2
Geller vs G Garcia, 1978 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1

Onslaught against black's king.
D Keller vs A Pomar, 1968 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Getting rid of the defenders
L Ogaard vs J Tisdall, 1987 
(A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 36 moves, 0-1

Petrosian leads phenomenal kingside attack
G Bakhtadze vs Petrosian, 1944 
(A28) English, 27 moves, 0-1

The Queen rolls in
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 25 moves, 1-0

Stripping the king naked
B Annakov vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1991
(E92) King's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0

Bhend over, this is going to Hort
E Bhend vs Hort, 1964 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

Blasted away
P Popovic vs Marjanovic, 1979 
(B50) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

King ain't going nowhere....
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1939 
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1

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