rook on the seventh rank
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
the king is a strong peice
Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
knight outpost at q5
Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
aggressive rook in the ending
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
the passed pawn
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
weak pawns,weak squares and mighty,mighty knights
H Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, 1929  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
finesse in the ending
R Domenech vs Flohr, 1935  (B40) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1
phalanx of pawns
Petrosian vs H Corral, 1954  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
passed pawn's lust to expand
Fischer vs H Berliner, 1960  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
rook and pawn ending
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
king in the center
Tartakower vs R Frentz, 1933  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 35 moves, 1-0
the shifting attack
Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1957  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 33 moves, 1-0
every move a threat!
M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
a touch of jujitsu
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
the king-side attack
Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
magnificent outpost
Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945  (B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
the art of exchanging pieces
Menchik vs Capablanca, 1931  (A47) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
the isolated pawn
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
the see-saw check,zugzwang,and other tactical tricks
M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953  (C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
the two bishops
S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1873  (C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 0-1
variety of themes
Tartakower vs R Domenech, 1934  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
systematic strangulation
Tarrasch vs Showalter, 1898  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
good bishop and bad bishop
L Barden vs Rossolimo, 1950  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
coup de grace
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
the powerful passed pawns
Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1
bishop and a half
Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1946  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 42 moves, 0-1
prophetic strategy
Tarrasch / allies vs Paulsen / allies, 1888  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
problem-like finale
Foltys vs Golombek, 1947  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
a pawn is a pawn is a pawn
Kashdan vs H Steiner, 1932  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0
board with excitement
Keres vs A Tarnowski, 1952  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 40 moves, 1-0
elegant simplification
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0
four endings in one
Blackburne vs M Weiss, 1889  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 70 moves, 0-1
bishop and pawn ending deluxe
M Weiss vs Blackburne, 1889  (B01) Scandinavian, 57 moves, 0-1
brilliant career of a pawn
Panov vs Taimanov, 1952  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 55 moves, 1-0
dispatching the king's musketeers
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1961  (E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
the sheltering pawn
W Schlage vs Reti, 1928  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 47 moves, 0-1
the power of position play
Capablanca vs Allies, 1920  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
that old black magic
O Bernstein vs J Mieses, 1904  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 49 moves, 1-0
the singular strategy of steinitz
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
odyssey of an isolated pawn
Burn vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1906  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1
zugzwang,the invincible weapon
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
symphony of combinations
Eliskases vs Gruenfeld, 1933  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 53 moves, 1-0
escorting the potential queen
Schlechter vs J Mason, 1903  (C41) Philidor Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
the pillsbury bind
V Chekhover vs I Rudakovsky, 1945  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
the galloping knight
Tarrasch vs Vogel, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
the roving rook
Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1897  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 66 moves, 1-0
web of black squares
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
endgame arithmetic
J Mieses vs Reshevsky, 1935  (B15) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 0-1
in the grand manner
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1
march of the little pawns
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
irresistible pawn-roller
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
quiet,like a tiger
Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1931  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
endgame duel-knight against rook
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
perennial favorite
Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923  (C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
command of the board
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
the king takes a walk
Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1943  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 44 moves, 1-0
surprise! surprise!
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
bolt from the blue
D Andric vs D Djaja, 1949  (E17) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
lured into zugzwang
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1918  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
the flash of a mighty surprise
F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1958  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 44 moves, 1-0
symphony of heavenly length
Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 81 moves, 1-0
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