Anderssen over-reaches in the Evans
Anderssen vs J Finch, 1851  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
To counter the Latvian- make every move count!
S Dubois vs G Kushelev-Bezborodko, 1858  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Capa at 12-Lasker advise- Give back sacked material
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 0-1
Master counter-puncher shows how it's done
Lasker vs N Whitaker, 1907  (B01) Scandinavian, 42 moves, 0-1
Capa was also an excellent tactician!
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1
Lasker gets outfoxed
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0
Double Rook sac versus future world champ
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Euwe turns the tables on Geller
Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1
Petrosian- nerves of steel
Tal vs Petrosian, 1973  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Rapid game with Lots of tactics
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1998  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 1-0
Black's King walks the plank
Petrosian vs I Pogrebissky, 1949  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 28 moves, 1-0
Slow patient maneuvering
A Turner vs Reshevsky, 1956  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
A funny game with both players losing rooks, at h1 & a8
A Hon vs Van der Sterren, 1992  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Typical Tal sacs- down 2 rooks, but watch the Bishops!
Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
Petrosian resets his pieces to the start position.
Benko vs Petrosian, 1962  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 0-1
Black's attack plays itself in last dozen moves
Miles vs A Yusupov, 1985  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1
Counter-Attack in more senses than 1- Also shortest WCh game!
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
A most controversial world championship game
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1-0
Annotations by Morphy - very revealing
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
The Caro as an offensive weapon
M Gluzman vs Bareev, 2001  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1
Rare Fischer loss, in a simul.
Fischer vs L Loayza, 1965  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
Tal plays an aggressive Caro-Kann
V Muratov vs Tal, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Capa is not only a positional genius, but a great tactician!
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Breaking a pin!
O Gadia vs L Tavares da Silva, 1962 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Karpov's systematic play versus IQP
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 45 moves, 0-1
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