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150 Chess Endings
Compiled by suenteus po 147
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These games are collected based on an anthology Jan van Reek wrote in which he collected 150 classical games and compositions of 52 different OTB endgame specialists. He had explained about the collection at this link http://www.endgame.nl/endgame.htm which is now defunct.

Because compositions cannot be included as normal games, they are listed below with the author's name, the initial position, and the moves of the study.

Game 2: Philidor Composition


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1.Rf8+ Re8 2.Rf7 Re2 3.Rg7 Re1 4.Rb7 Rc1 5.Bb3 Rc3 6.Be6 Rd3+ 7.Bd5 Rc3 8.Rd7+ Kc8 9.Rf7 Kb8 10.Rb7+ Kc8 11.Rb4 Kd8 12.Bc4 Kc8 13.Be6+ Kd8 14.Rb8+ Rc8 15.Rxc8#

Game 3: De Labourdonnais Composition


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1.c8=N+ Ke8 2.Qg6+ Kf8 3.Qf6+ Kg8+ 4.Ne7+ Kh7 5.Qg6+ Kh8 6.Qg8#

Game 4: Horwitz & Kling Composition


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1.Ra4+ Ke5 2.Ra5 c5 3.Rxc5+ Qxc5 4.d4+ Kxd4 5.Ne6+ 1-0

Game 16: Berger Composition


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1.f4 Kc7 2.fxg5 a5 3.Kg3 a4 4.Kh4 a3 5.g3 a2 1/2-1/2

Game 27: Lasker Composition


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1.Kb7 Rb2+ 2.Ka7 Rc2 3.Rh5+ Ka4 4.Kb6 Rb2+ 5.Ka6 Rc2 6.Rh4+ Ka3 7.Kb6 Rb2+ 8.Ka5 Rc2 9.Rh3+ Ka2 10.Rxh2 1-0

Game 54: Réti Composition


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1...h5 2.Kg7 h4 3.Kf6 Kb6 4.Ke5 Kxc6 5.Kf4 1/2-1/2

Game 55: Réti Composition


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1.Ke7 g5 2.Kd6 g4 3.e7 Bb5 4.Kc5 Be8 5.Kd4 g3 6.Ke3 g2 7.Kf2 1/2-1/2

Game 56: Réti and Rinck Composition


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1.Bf5+ Kd8 2.Rd4+ Ke7 3.Re4+ Kd8 4.Bd7 e1=Q 5.Bb5 1-0

Game 75: Botvinnik Composition


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1.Kf5 Kb6 2.Kf6 Kb7 3.Kf7 Kb8 4.Ke6 Kc7 5.Ke7 Kc6 6.Kd8 Kd6 7.Kc8 Kc6 8.Kb8 Kb6 9.Ka8 1-0

Game 88: Keres Composition


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1.Kc8 a4 2.Kd7 a3 3.Kxe7 a2 4.Ra7 Kh8 5.h7 Kxh7 6.Ke8+ Kg6 7.e7 Kh5 8.Ra3 Kh4 9.Ra5 Kg4 10.Kf7 Rf1+ 11.Kg6 Re1 12.Ra4+ Kh3 13.Kf6 Rf1+ 14.Kg5 Rg1+ 15.Kh5 Re1 16.Ra3+ Kg2 17.Rxa2+ Kf3 18.Ra7 Re6 19.Kg5 Ke4 20.Rb7 Ke5 21.Rd7 Ke4 22.Rd1 Kf3 23.Rf1+ Kd2 24.Rf7 Ke3 25.Kf5 1-0

Game 97: Smyslov Composition


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1.Bb1 a1=Q+ 2.Kb5 Bg3 3.g7 Bb8 4.g8=B Bf4 5.Ba2 Bxd2 6.f6 Bf4 7.f7 Bd6 8.Kc6 Bf8 9.Kc7 1-0

Game 100: Benko Composition


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1.Be6 Kg7 2.Kd7 Rd1+ 3.Kc6 Rc1+ 4.Kd5 Rd1+ 5.Ke5 Re1+ 6.Kf5 Rf1+ 7.Kg5 Rg1+ 8.Kh5 1-0

Game 101: Benko Composition


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1.c4+ Ke5 2.Rg5 Nb2 3.Rh4 Nxc4 4.Rxc4 Kd5 5.Rc1 c4 6.Kd7 Kc5 7.Kc7 Kd4 8.Kb6 1-0

Game 138: Timman & van Reek Composition


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1.Bc3 Bxe5 2.Bxe5 c3+ 3.Kb2 Nd3 4.Rxf5 c2+ 5.Kxc2 Bg6 6.Bh5 Nxe5 7.Kc3 Bxh5 8.Rxe5+ 1-0

Game 1
J Bruehl vs Philidor, 1783 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1

Game 5
Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843 
(B20) Sicilian, 69 moves, 0-1

Game 6
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 72 moves, 0-1

Game 7
J Hannah vs Paulsen, 1862 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

Game 8
Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1871 
(C11) French, 62 moves, 0-1

Game 9
Bird vs Steinitz, 1873 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 0-1

Game 10
Schiffers vs Steinitz, 1895 
(C49) Four Knights, 53 moves, 0-1

Game 11
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 56 moves, 0-1

Game 12
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857 
(B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0

Game 13
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Game 14
Blackburne vs M Fleissig, 1873 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 103 moves, 1-0

Game 15
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 86 moves, 1-0

Game 17
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1896 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Game 18
Blackburne vs M Weiss, 1889 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 70 moves, 0-1

Game 19
Albin vs M Weiss, 1890 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 75 moves, 0-1

Game 20
Tarrasch vs J N Berger, 1889 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 74 moves, 1-0

Game 21
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 63 moves, 1-0

Game 22
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 109 moves, 1-0

Game 23
Lasker vs Showalter, 1892 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 68 moves, 1-0

Game 24
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

Game 25
Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 26
Lasker vs Janowski, 1924 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 82 moves, 1-0

Game 28
Rotlewi vs Teichmann, 1911 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 69 moves, 0-1

Game 29
Maroczy vs Marshall, 1907 
(C48) Four Knights, 60 moves, 1-0

Game 30
Maroczy vs Teichmann, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 82 moves, 1-0

Game 31
G Marco vs Maroczy, 1899 
(C01) French, Exchange, 78 moves, 0-1

Game 32
Maroczy vs Pillsbury, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 33
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

Game 34
Schlechter vs Duras, 1906 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 35
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 36
Schlechter vs K Walbrodt, 1898 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0

Game 37
Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1907 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 38
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C49) Four Knights, 78 moves, 0-1

Game 39
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0

Game 40
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 41
Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1929 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1-0

Game 42
W Schlage vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 85 moves, 0-1

Game 43
Kmoch vs Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 0-1

Game 44
W Henneberger vs Nimzowitsch, 1931 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 76 moves, 0-1

Game 45
Nimzowitsch vs O Bernstein, 1912  
(C02) French, Advance, 61 moves, 1-0

Game 46
Lasker vs Nimzowitsch, 1934 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1

Game 47
Gilg vs Tartakower, 1926
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 102 moves, 0-1

Game 48
Tartakower vs P Trifunovic, 1950 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 56 moves, 1-0

Game 49
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0

Game 50
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1

Game 51
H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922  
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1

Game 52
Capablanca vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Game 53
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1

Game 57
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 58
Yates vs Alekhine, 1927 
(C11) French, 75 moves, 0-1

Game 59
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0

Game 60
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 65 moves, 0-1

Game 61
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 69 moves, 1-0

Game 62
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1936 
(C49) Four Knights, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 63
Euwe vs Yanofsky, 1946 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 64
Sliwa vs Euwe, 1962
(A17) English, 56 moves, 0-1

Game 65
Euwe vs Menchik, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 61 moves, 0-1

Game 66
Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 69 moves, 1-0

Game 67
Flohr vs Vidmar, 1936 
(D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 68
Eliskases vs Flohr, 1937 
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 69
Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1938 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 70
Botvinnik vs Alekhine, 1938 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0

Game 71
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954 
(C18) French, Winawer, 58 moves, 0-1

Game 72
Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1946 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 73
Tartakower vs Botvinnik, 1946 
(C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1

Game 74
Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962 
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 76
Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 0-1

Game 77
C H Alexander vs Reshevsky, 1936 
(A25) English, 68 moves, 0-1

Game 78
D Byrne vs Reshevsky, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 88 moves, 0-1

Game 79
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961 
(E97) King's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0

Game 80
Reshevsky vs Geller, 1967 
(E92) King's Indian, 73 moves, 1-0

Game 81
Kashdan vs Fine, 1936 
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 73 moves, 0-1

Game 82
Keres vs Fine, 1936 
(A09) Reti Opening, 63 moves, 0-1

Game 83
Fine vs Alekhine, 1938 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 84
Keres vs K Richter, 1936 
(A04) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 1-0

Game 85
Fine vs Keres, 1938 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 86
Averbakh vs Keres, 1950 
(C49) Four Knights, 58 moves, 0-1

Game 87
Tal vs Keres, 1959 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 79 moves, 0-1

Game 89
J Barle vs Szabo, 1978
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 45 moves, 0-1

Game 90
Boleslavsky vs Bronstein, 1950 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 91
Boleslavsky vs Tal, 1957 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 93 moves, 1-0

Game 92
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1948 
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 93
Geller vs Smyslov, 1952 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 58 moves, 0-1

Game 94
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1957 
(A15) English, 69 moves, 0-1

Game 95
A Tsvetkov vs Smyslov, 1947 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 64 moves, 0-1

Game 96
Smyslov vs Keres, 1953 
(A21) English, 92 moves, 1-0

Game 98
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963 
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1

Game 99
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0

Game 102
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 43 moves, 0-1

Game 103
Petrosian vs Geller, 1956 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 73 moves, 1-0

Game 104
Petrosian vs M Bertok, 1961 
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 62 moves, 1-0

Game 105
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0

Game 106
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1

Game 107
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 108
Korchnoi vs I Livshin, 1954 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 81 moves, 1-0

Game 109
A Matanovic vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 66 moves, 0-1

Game 110
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 79 moves, 1-0

Game 111
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 0-1

Game 112
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0

Game 113
Tal vs Taimanov, 1958 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 62 moves, 1-0

Game 114
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 83 moves, 0-1

Game 115
Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 
(A36) English, 72 moves, 0-1

Game 116
Keres vs Portisch, 1967 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 90 moves, 0-1

Game 117
Hort vs Portisch, 1975 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 86 moves, 0-1

Game 118
Salov vs Portisch, 1989
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 91 moves, 0-1

Game 119
Gligoric vs Spassky, 1964 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 120
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(C11) French, 68 moves, 1-0

Game 121
Spassky vs R Byrne, 1974 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 59 moves, 1-0

Game 122
Taimanov vs Fischer, 1960 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 123
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1962 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 54 moves, 1-0

Game 124
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0

Game 125
Fischer vs Larsen, 1971 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 126
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
(A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 0-1

Game 127
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 128
Huebner vs Spassky, 1989
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 129
H Elwert vs Andersson, 1999
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 130
Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 72 moves, 0-1

Game 131
Karpov vs Hort, 1979 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 73 moves, 1-0

Game 132
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 70 moves, 0-1

Game 133
Karpov vs A Sokolov, 1987 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 63 moves, 1-0

Game 134
Karpov vs Timman, 1993 
(D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 1-0

Game 135
Gelfand vs Karpov, 1995 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 80 moves, 0-1

Game 136
Timman vs Velimirovic, 1979 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 103 moves, 1-0

Game 137
Timman vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 52 moves, 1-0

Game 139
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 77 moves, 0-1

Game 140
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987  
(A13) English, 64 moves, 1-0

Game 141
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C45) Scotch Game, 102 moves, 1-0

Game 142
Yermolinsky vs Kasparov, 1999 
(D85) Grunfeld, 47 moves, 0-1

Game 143
Anand vs Kasparov, 1999 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 50 moves, 0-1

Game 144
Khalifman vs Salov, 1994 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 145
Timman vs Salov, 1994 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 69 moves, 0-1

Game 146
Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 1995 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 50 moves, 1-0

Game 147
Kramnik vs Illescas Cordoba, 1997 
(A17) English, 77 moves, 1-0

Game 148
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2000 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 149
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2001 
(A17) English, 47 moves, 0-1

Game 150
Kramnik vs Bareev, 2003 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0

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