Alekhine's Legacy
Alekhine vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1945  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0
Fine Fettle
Fine vs Flohr, 1938  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0
Keeping the Wolf from the Door
Pillsbury vs H Wolf, 1902  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
"And Even Homer Nods"
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Maxims are for the Birds
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch the Trenchant
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916  (C10) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Who Is the Potter, Pray?
Marshall vs Spielmann, 1908  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Is This the System?
Colle vs V Buerger, 1928  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Sacrificial Orgy
Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1925  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0
Speilmann Outspeilmanned
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
A Pawn's Worth
Smyslov vs J H Donner, 1950  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
Invoking the Past
Szabo vs W J Muhring, 1946  (C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
A Curious Monster
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
What Happened to Mickey Mouse?
V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Double Threat, Double Trouble
Tartakower vs Najdorf, 1935  (A47) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0
A Star is Confirmed
Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
The Succulent Years
Denker vs Fine, 1944  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
When the Invincible Meets the Immortal
Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1910  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
The Catalan is Out of the Bag
Szabo vs E E Book, 1948  (A14) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Ah Sweet Mystery of Nimzowich!
Nimzowitsch vs K Behting, 1919  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Check to the Miserable King!
Reti vs Tartakower, 1920  (C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
A Little Steam for a Long Time Mounts the Pressure
Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Exception to the Rule
Pillsbury vs Winawer, 1896  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 1-0
No Mere Automatons These!
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
No Moot Question Here!
J Mieses vs Von Gottschall, 1926 (C26) Vienna, 31 moves, 1-0
The Bigger They Come, the Harder They Fall!
Showalter vs Pillsbury, 1904  (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Temporal Relativity
Spielmann vs Reti, 1912  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
Files on Parade
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1-0
Unbalancing Factors
Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1940  (A28) English, 27 moves, 1-0
Nothing New, Etc.
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzowich the Classicist
Nimzowitsch vs Gilg, 1927  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Speilmann Outspeiled
Von Scheve vs Spielmann, 1907  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
What's in a Name?
Schlechter vs Burn, 1906  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Sans Voir Et Sans Reproche
Steinitz vs P Scott, 1867  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0
The Play's the Thing
Szabo vs Barcza, 1946  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
Making It a "Good Indian"
J H Donner vs O Troianescu, 1957  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 27 moves, 1-0
"Safety" Pin Clips Swindle
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1928  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
An Exchange of Notes - Or Notes to You!
Denker vs A Pinkus, 1946  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
The Exception Tests the Rule
I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0
The Queen Pawn Has Many Faces
Stahlberg vs J Sefc, 1949  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
The Flohr of Yore
Flohr vs G Ravinsky, 1944  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
The Perfect Anomaly
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1895  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 24 moves, 1-0
Burn Fiddles While Marshall Roams
Marshall vs Burn, 1905  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0
One Good Sacrifice Deserves Another
G Ravinsky vs Panov, 1943  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
White Magic
Euwe vs C Carls, 1928  (A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0
A Day of Rest
Fine vs W Winter, 1936  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
When Knight and Chessplayers Were Bold
Schiffers vs Harmonist, 1887  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0
Ill Fares the Game, to Hastning Ills a Prey
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Speculate to Accumulate
Spielmann vs L Prokes, 1908  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
War of Nerves
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1920  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
Triple Immunity
A Konstantinopolsky vs Panov, 1936  (A53) Old Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Geometric Illusion
Keres vs Eliskases, 1937  (B50) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
A Word to the Hypermodern-wise
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
There is Nothing New Under the Sun
Marshall vs Pillsbury, 1904  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
On the Road to World Supremacy
Smyslov vs K Plater, 1947  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 23 moves, 1-0
De Gustibus Non Disputandum
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
The Simple Move is the Best Move. Find It!
Alatortsev vs Lilienthal, 1935  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Peppery Assault
Blackburne vs W John, 1906  (C46) Three Knights, 34 moves, 1-0
A Magic Square
Reti vs J Moller, 1920  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
No Counting House For This King
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922  (B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0
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