Model King's Indian Samisch Black Opening the long dark diagona
Gheorghiu vs Kasparov, 1988  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 36 moves, 0-1
Model game Giuocco Piano White. Opening the f-file
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0
Pawn play to secure a Knight outpost. Handling the exchange
Tarrasch vs Mendelson, 1879  (C51) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Endgame skill. Rook on the 7th, active King and pawn promotion
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
The most famous positional Rook sacrifice by Petrosian
Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nigel Short's sadistic King march in the Alekhine's
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Fischer Brilliancy to shatter the fiancetto position with Black
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Fischer's destroying hanging pawns for World Championship
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Capablanca's famous back rank
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Classic Pawn Roller
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Morphy and the lead in development
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Morphy opening a file against an uncastled King
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Steinitz opposite side castling attack
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0
Steinitz knight outpost in the French
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Zukertort's stunning Queen sacrifice
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Steinitz stunning Rook invasion with Knight outpost
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Queenside pawn majority endgame play
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
The Octopus Knight
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Central pawn break with queening combinations
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal's intuitive KID sacrifice Nf4
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Knight versus bishop
Tarrasch vs G Barthmann, 1883  (C14) French, Classical, 52 moves, 1-0
Space advantage
Tarrasch vs J Noa, 1885  (C11) French, 47 moves, 1-0
Model pirc Deflection, opposite side castling
Grischuk vs K Jashar, 2004  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
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