the board splitter
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
In an aggressive mood today are we ?
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
one casual move and its uppercuts ,jabs, body blows, & KO
Psakhis vs Geller, 1982  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 24 moves, 0-1
When knights gather near your king
Geller vs Hernandez Onna, 1971  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
squeezed until the pips drop out
Kholmov vs Suetin, 1963  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 56 moves, 1-0
queen and knight v destroy kingside
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1896  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 53 moves, 1-0
maneuvering and improving minor pieces
M Feigin vs Flohr, 1937  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
The correct square for the black knight is?
Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Kasparov learns from Petrosian
Portisch vs Kasparov, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1
great attack on the dark squares
V Artemiev vs Hracek, 2019  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 1-0
opposite bishops in the middlegame
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1-0
So Sammy you think the dutch is unsound do you ?
Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1951  (A92) Dutch, 44 moves, 1-0
attack the darkness
Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1947  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
keep looking for one more forcing move
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1984  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0
meeting..f5 with f4
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1940  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 49 moves, 1-0
tip toe down the b file
Taimanov vs Geller, 1953  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 40 moves, 1-0
still burning up those chess boards
Shirov vs J Westerberg, 2019  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
we have all done this ! be careful out there
Geller vs Novotelnov, 1949  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 0-1
fianchetto not working today
N Minev vs Petrosian, 1966  (B56) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1
attack the pirc
G Kuzmin vs E Torre, 1981  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
the immortal c2 promotion combo
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
no counter play allowed
Gligoric vs Benko, 1968 (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 1-0
iqp the precision of Karpov
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1981  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
another petrosian king march
Petrosian vs J Peters, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0
le petite combinations
Capablanca vs H K Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
marshaling your forces
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 1991  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 53 moves, 0-1
mass pieces,control centre, force weakening sac sac mate
Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
keep going, find those forcing moves then end with a quiet one
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
this is a struggle a battle of wills = slugfest
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1983  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
gain tempos on the queen then swap blacks best pieces
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1972  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
That d5 Square
Andersson vs Browne, 1983  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 1-0
probing the kingside
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0
nice thematic slow burn exchange sac
Browne vs Uhlmann, 1972  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 0-1
Rf7 Obvious you say but can YOU calculate to the end?
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
piece attack ruy lopez
Spassky vs H Ree, 1967  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0
Gligo has confidence in his Sicilian counter play
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1962  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 44 moves, 0-1
Rook magic ,like mayflies they rise into the air and dance for
Van Wely vs Piket, 1996  (A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1
nice quiet moves
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
such imagination and calculation
K Honfi vs Tal, 1972  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 moves, 0-1
rook lifts
Quinteros vs Miles, 1977  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 0-1
Nd5 dominance
J Polgar vs Anand, 1998  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0
keeping a cool head
M Andersson vs Taimanov, 1993 (B20) Sicilian, 45 moves, 0-1
the queen can run but not hide
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
like creeping Ivy the pawns smoother the kingside
Karpov vs J Nogueiras, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 52 moves, 1-0
slow burn attack
Anand vs W So, 2015  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0
you shall not play ..f5
Petrosian vs Hort, 1971  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
nice day for a king walk
Yanofsky vs Portisch, 1962  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 62 moves, 0-1
In the romantic style
Rohde vs Dlugy, 1990  (A28) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Vlad impales Kasperov
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0
Kavaleks immortal
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Black hits back in the centre by queening the e pawn
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
The comeback game RJF
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 50 moves, 1-0
many pawn levers -- truly a classic
Janowski vs Alapin, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0
keeping the initiative
Beliavsky vs Ribli, 1977  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0
Tal being Tal in the candidates
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
queen power
Shirov vs J Polgar, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
transforming space into pawn weakness
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1-0
Mickeys off day or critical moments
Adams vs Seirawan, 1991  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
A free piece and a check , I don't see the follow up
Soltis vs D Gurevich, 1981  (B89) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
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