Nigel goes for the hack attack with h4 and e6
Short vs Seirawan, 1989  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0
"as smooth as an otters pocket" good knight V pointless bishop
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Q + B working together create mating net, a pawn helps
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1
KID blow after hammer blow , Naka knows his classics
W So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
King to b8 plan B c7 dual role
Euwe vs Geller, 1953  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 63 moves, 0-1
great combo then activate rooks super fast
P H Nielsen vs Larsen, 1997  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 38 moves, 0-1
Petrosian the brute uses free tempos and harassment to win
Petrosian vs Taimanov, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
The Sicilian is all about the counter attack
B Vujacic vs E Turunen, 1969  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
A passed c pawn hurtles to its doom
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
opening the g file then create weakness and disharmony
Taimanov vs Yusupov, 1982  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 42 moves, 0-1
intuitive f7 sac exploits the distant black queen
Spassky vs Geller, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
opening the g file economically note Bg4! & Bh5! not Bg2
Chigorin vs Rubinstein, 1903  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Ulf gets a piece and pawn for the exchange + better pieces, d5
Ulf Andersson vs Seirawan, 1983  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0
pawn structure and rook endings
Kan vs Capablanca, 1936  (C25) Vienna, 56 moves, 0-1
Karpov improves that White bishop with threats to the king
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Torture, manoeuvring, swapping key pieces, and pawn breaks
J Sefc vs Petrosian, 1957  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 96 moves, 0-1
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