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jsteward's favorite games#2a
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pawn promotioninevitable!white rook strategically placed!

promote the pawns!
Carlsen vs Anand, 2013 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
Anand vs Carlsen, 2013 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 67 moves, 0-1

Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001 
(A43) Old Benoni, 9 moves, 1-0

sweet smother
K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

knight check!
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

avoiding mate with an interesting check and mate!
I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

..deep thought moves.......
Nakamura vs L Bruzon Batista, 2004 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0

positional contol
Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2007 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

blitz game
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2009 
(D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 1-0

marley puzzle
M Keller vs H Jaser, 1977 
(E77) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

another marley puzzle
J Lammi vs L Andonovski, 2011 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

interesting mate(powerful rook on open file)
M Kremer vs L Schandorff, 1982 
(B53) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

short & sweet for black
Janowski vs Marshall, 1912 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

capa a loser this time!
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924 
(A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0

to be studied!aftermove# 26
S Megaranto vs E Hossain, 2007 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 65 moves, 1-0

f5 knight is awesome
Carlsen vs So, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

B Amin vs J Polgar, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

check out the sacrifice......
N Popov vs A Novopashin, 1979 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

examine ...QB4+ closely
R Naranja vs Portisch, 1970 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 16 moves, 0-1

review kibitz notes.......why stalemate!
Jakovenko vs Gelfand, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

enpassant after move #18
Lasker vs Bridgwater / Wilmot / Burnell, 1897 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD
Capablanca vs NN, 1916 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0

review!
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0

discover check and mate
H Bernink vs E Hoeksema, 1982 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

queens gambit declined
G Tallaksen Ostmoe vs Carlsen, 2001 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

queen is trapped after knight capture/QGA
M Illescas vs Sadler, 1995 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 0-1

QGA
Barsov vs A Blees, 1999
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0

QGA
Harikrishna vs B T Murali Krishnan, 2002 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

QGA
D Couche vs O Renet, 2001 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

passed pawn advantage in the end game/QGD
X Bu vs D Ji, 2009
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

QGD
X Bu vs Ivanchuk, 2010
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1

Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

beliavsky the tartakower expert
Karpov vs A Beliavsky, 1986 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

Kasparov vs A Beliavsky, 1987 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0

QGD
Anand vs Carlsen, 2009 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1

QGD.0n page 38 0fJohn Shaw's book
B Kouatly vs J Piket, 1990
(D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 29 moves, 1-0

interesting variation
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 0-1

QGD
Giri vs Carlsen, 2015 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

defense, defense defense!
Aronian vs Caruana, 2018 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

study with danlos empire chess vol.26 ch4.m4v
Carlsen vs F Vallejo Pons, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

to be studied
E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD
Seirawan vs J Polgar, 1995 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0

on page .54 shaw's queens gambit
Karpov vs J Hector, 1990 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

tarrasch
Rubinstein vs A Nimzowitsch, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 0-1

QGD
Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1996 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD white plays f4 p.24 in John shaw's book
V Belov vs N Pushkov, 2001 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

QGD white plays f4 p. 25 in John shaw's book
Krasenkow vs P Skalik, 1999
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

evaluate for white's continuation.......
Capablanca vs E G Sergeant, 1929 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

Teichmann vs Chigorin, 1904 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0

evaluate
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

study
A Matanovic vs Tal, 1958 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 57 moves, 1-0

study
Fischer vs A Matanovic, 1961 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

.babbu,the next champion?
Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

pawm promotion for white
Keymer vs Carlsen, 2023 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0

pawn promotion
R Sadhwani vs Rapport, 2023 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 80 moves, 1-0

rook checks spell the end!
Koneru vs Y Hou, 2011 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

why a draw?
Kramnik vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

a missed fork for black at move 35!
R Praggnanandhaa vs Firouzja, 2022 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 1-0

pawm promotion!
Carlsen vs Firouzja, 2022 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 54 moves, 0-1

.to evaluate why while wins!
A Erigaisi vs B Assaubayeva, 2023 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0

Capablanca vs A Vajda, 1929 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

int
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2018 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 97 moves, 1-0

knight xc3! brillant solution
A Acevedo Milan vs Fischer, 1970 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

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