critical positions
Tarrasch vs Euwe, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Euwe, 1922  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 39 moves, 0-1
Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0
NN vs A Koch, 1931  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 15 moves, 0-1
K Darga vs O'Kelly, 1957  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 25 moves, 1-0
A Bisguier vs Bronstein, 1955  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs H Baucher, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
S Slonim vs N Riumin, 1931  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Y Yu vs Dominguez Perez, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1-0
S Bernstein vs E B Heal, 1940  (B06) Robatsch, 31 moves, 1-0
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
McShane vs Efimenko, 2011  (A25) English, 48 moves, 0-1
Efimenko vs Kryvoruchko, 2013 (B01) Scandinavian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs B Eley, 1972  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Swiderski vs Marshall, 1902  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 75 moves, 1-0
V Nenarokov vs P Romanovsky, 1927  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
J Kupper vs Tal, 1959  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 0-1
L Prins vs W J Fry, 1950  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
D Fidlow vs A Maier, 1959  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1925  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 23 moves, 1-0
Tal vs NN, 1963  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
M Duppel vs R Schlindwein, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 65 moves, 0-1
J Houghteling vs L S Cornell, 1902  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
NN vs P S Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1952  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1928  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0
Polgar vs J Fernandez Garcia, 2003  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 24 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008  (C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
K B Richardson vs D Andreev, 1977  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 39 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs O Renet, 1990  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Y Yu vs Robson, 2014  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 0-1
W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1-0
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Areshchenko vs A Rustemov, 2014  (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs So, 2017  (D73) Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3, 49 moves, 0-1
A Ipatov vs R Kulkarni, 2013 (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 32 moves, 1-0
G Gajewski vs L Trent, 2003  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 33 moves, 0-1
Van der Sterren vs V Malaniuk, 1987  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Anand vs J L Hammer, 2010  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Cochrane vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 0-1
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0
Nunn vs G Anthony, 1981  (B32) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs M Haddouche, 2017  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs P Nikolic, 1993  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 57 moves, 0-1
A Riazantsev vs M Brodsky, 2002 (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0
Le Quang Liem vs Kamsky, 2011  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs V Vamos, 1995 (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
D Blandzi vs M Zawadzki, 2001 (C00) French Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
E Djingarova vs J Neto, 2001 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
K Richter vs Gruenfeld, 1928  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1878  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs Marshall, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs Maroczy, 1900  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
K Nuri vs F Andraschko, 2011 (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 37 moves, 1-0
N Grandelius vs B Bok, 2010  (A16) English, 21 moves, 0-1
H Wang vs H Ni, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
M Chigaev vs V Onyshchuk, 2016 (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 45 moves, 1-0
Naroditsky vs G Oparin, 2014  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 1-0
D Derakhshani vs Z Urbonaviciute, 2013  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 30 moves, 1-0
A Nickel vs U Mueller, 1986  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1-0
A Nickel vs P Dahms, 1989  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 31 moves, 1-0
H T Jacobsen vs H Ragnarsson, 2017  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Jansa vs Huebner, 1969  (C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
F Serban vs V Turkov, 2015  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs W Addison, 1966  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Polgar, 1987  (A58) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Yakovich vs Bronstein, 1994  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
E Mnatsakanian vs Korchnoi, 1965  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 36 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs D Johnson, 1998 (C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0
R Ruck vs Krasenkow, 2001  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs F R Gittins, 1897  (C45) Scotch Game, 44 moves, 0-1
E Real de Azua vs P L Basso, 2020 (A09) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
D Rubtsov vs S Golubov, 2013 (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 20 moves, 0-1
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