P-d5 pawn sac springs king in Opposite Bishop ending
Karjakin vs Svidler, 2015  (A15) English, 89 moves, 1-0
Technique plus $400=Candidate
Taimanov vs Matulovic, 1970  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs Topalov, 2005  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
J Marsalek vs K Langeweg, 1960 (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Trapped Knight-double duty bishop at e8
Keres vs Lilienthal, 1955  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0
Be5 traps Ne8
Fischer vs W Addison, 1957  (B10) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 1-0
Benko pick pick picks up a win
Benko vs D Sahovic, 1978  (E17) Queen's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
J Garcia Padron vs Tal, 1977  (A10) English, 52 moves, 1-0
Carlson and king opposition
Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2020  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 69 moves, 0-1
Benko...g4 and threat to win piece
Benko vs K Commons, 1974  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 60 moves, 1-0
Excellent vision of Isolated pawn weakness in ending
T Do vs T Nguyen, 2005  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
Smyslov over Reshevsky Rook and Pawn classic
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Gliga simplifies to a won K+P ending
Gheorghiu vs Gligoric, 1965  (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 35 moves, 0-1
Interesting Queen and Pawn ending
Z Xiang vs Yibo Zhou, 2019  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 55 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik grinds out a win
M David vs Botvinnik, 1938  (A02) Bird's Opening, 59 moves, 0-1
Outside h pawn allows simplification.
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 39 moves, 1-0
e5+severing the f-file
A Volokitin vs Karjakin, 2008  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 44 moves, 1-0
Fascinating Four rook endgame (even if only blitz)
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
Naka gets knock-ad with restraint and passed pawns
M Illescas vs Nakamura, 2003  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1-0
Classic R+P v. Tartakower
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik spins late game mating net around opponent
Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 76 moves, 0-1
Critical K+Q v K+Q technique
V Vojtek vs S Vesselovsky, 2000  (B53) Sicilian, 60 moves, 0-1
Caps grinds Bogo
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
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