How Alekhine plays with a widely open center Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0 Alekhine takes control of the only open file Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's play on the open file and refutation of f5? Alekhine vs Yates, 1922   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 alekhine fixating the c-pawn with open file and isolani Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1923  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 0-1 25.Bg6!!! Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0 Not the most instructive, of course, but maybe the nicest Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Opening the f-file and increasing the pressure, nice attack! Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930  (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 31 moves, 0-1 Attack on the kingside, just like in the dutch H Mueller vs Alekhine, 1927  (E12) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1 Crushing attack Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0 Strong play on open files G A Thomas vs Alekhine, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 0-1 Initiative and space advantage against bishop pair Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0 Part of everybody's chess education, they say Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Plan f4-f5 with the isolated pawn Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936   (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 Another game with f5 Lasker vs Maroczy, 1900  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 Another nice and instructive game Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Pawn majority converted into a win Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0 Queenside majority Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1 Good endgame Capablanca vs Janowski, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 54 moves, 1-0 the other immortal zugzwang Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 The Last move is similar to Alekhine's h4!! Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 Capablanca shows with class the simplest principles of chess Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0 Nice Endgame technique, as usual Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921   (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1 Master's technique at 12 years old! Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 59 moves, 1-0 THE positionnal sacrifice R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 Have a little break with this pure diamond Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 This game allowed the benko gambit to be played Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1 Nice game with attack on h5-e8 diagonal Lasker vs Pirc, 1935  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0 Superb positionnal game! Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0 one of Fischer's immortals Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0 Don't weaken the castle Salwe vs Chigorin, 1903  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1 The way to play with the bishop pair Englisch vs Steinitz, 1883  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1 Pay attention to d5!! and the double bishop sacrifice Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 ...c4! is now a typical plan! O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 A classic of the Russian school V Rauzer vs N Riumin, 1936  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0 the "Cold Winter"! (Kasparov found a flaw because of a5) W Winter vs Capablanca, 1919  (C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1 This is a kind of "Cold Winter" Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 0-1 Not one of the most famous but very instructive Kotov vs Kalmanok, 1936  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0 Although it's a draw , Gligoric showed great strategy Kotov vs Gligoric, 1953  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Another great classic V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1943  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 0-1 Black has favourable pawn structure Whit can't trade queens Gligoric vs Keres, 1953  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 49 moves, 0-1 Sound and original Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926   (A34) English, Symmetrical, 46 moves, 1-0 Endgame with the Bishop pair Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 69 moves, 1-0 typical sacrifice Mayet vs Anderssen, 1855  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1 Fischer's typical ending! Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0 the dragon is killed! Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 The dragon was killed before! Fischer vs Larsen, 1958  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 Great play by Karpov Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0 "Karpovian" moves Karpov vs Gligoric, 1973  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 63 moves, 1-0 Impressive prophylactic play by Tolia Karpov Karpov vs Timman, 1979  (B07) Pirc, 38 moves, 1-0 Deep positionnal play Karpov vs Yusupov, 1983  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0 Karpov diem Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 You understand Karpov's ideas when you are already lost ! Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0 Karpov slowly moving ahead Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990  (D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 1-0 Karpov virtuoso! Karpov vs Anand, 1991  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0 Capa strongly increases the strenght of his attack on kingside Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 pressure against backward pawn Capablanca vs Allies, 1913  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1-0 One of Nimzo's favourites ! Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 0-1 Control of the 7th rank Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1 Capablanca played so brightly that his opponent was lost Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 And a brillancy to finish, enjoy! Lputian vs Ivanchuk, 2000  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1 White square strategy Petrosian vs S Schweber, 1962  (E73) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0 A form of White square strategy Bareev vs Shirov, 1992 (E73) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0 Dark square strategy Karpov vs Polgar, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0 White square strategy Petrosian vs Larsen, 1965  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0 Watch how Bronstein delays axb5 to organize his rooks Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951  (A91) Dutch Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 The Double Bishop sacrifice! Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 Using the c6 square Botvinnik vs J H Donner, 1963  (A14) English, 31 moves, 1-0 A superb attack Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Bf5!; Be4!; etc... excellent play with fixed center M Stolberg vs Botvinnik, 1940  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 41 moves, 0-1 The pair of bishops is not always a winning factor Levenfish vs Botvinnik, 1937  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 41 moves, 0-1 The queen Knight is driven away from the battle Botvinnik vs Alekhine, 1938  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0 Wonderful positionnal pawn sacrifice Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1948  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 Strokes of genius (....g6!!; ...Rf8!) Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 58 moves, 0-1 The principle of two weaknesses Botvinnik vs E Zagoryansky, 1943  (A13) English, 42 moves, 1-0 Introduction of the Botvinnik gambit Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1 exploiting the weak d5 square Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1939  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0 Great Qe3!! Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0 Bxe6 and Qh4! similar to Qe3! Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 The sense of harmony! Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 Re6!! superb shot Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 a4-a5 plan with pawns on c4 and d4 Korchnoi vs Ivkov, 1967  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 60 moves, 1-0 Qd8-g8-h7! and destroying the pawn center Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1 Philidor playing the pawns Philidor vs NN, 1749  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0 Very imaginative prophylaxis P Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1 Smyslov is one of the deepest strategists Smyslov vs Tal, 1959  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 65 moves, 1-0 Another game featuring far-seeing strategy Smyslov vs Veresov, 1940  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 41 moves, 1-0 Another great strategic game Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1944  (A47) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1 Qe3!! Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1943  (C46) Three Knights, 40 moves, 1-0 Smyslov sees at once the c4 weakness Portisch vs Smyslov, 1971  (A81) Dutch, 37 moves, 0-1 A wonderful positionnal game Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 35 moves, 1-0 A well known exchange spanish Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0 Taimanov vs Geller, 1953  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 40 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik vs M Yudovich Sr., 1933  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 23 moves, 1-0 93 games