Never Underestimate the Knights
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
Crushed and Smashed
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Central Control
Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1932  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
Cramped
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1894  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
Room to Maneuver
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1
Along the Kingside
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
The Power of the Center
Petrosian vs A Sidorov, 1950  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
The King's Indian
Petrosian vs L Aronson, 1957  (E92) King's Indian, 68 moves, 1-0
Weak Squares and Weak Pawns
J Sefc vs Petrosian, 1957  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 96 moves, 0-1
The French Advance
P H Clarke vs Petrosian, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
A Trapped Queen
Averbakh vs Petrosian, 1959  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
An Encased Queen
Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
The Tomb Game
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
D-file Domination
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1961  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 47 moves, 0-1
The Squeeze
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
Brilliant
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1922  (C49) Four Knights, 60 moves, 0-1
In His Own Style
P Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1
Mannheimer Steamrolled
N Mannheimer vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
Who's afraid of an open file?
Karpov vs Andersson, 1969  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 60 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's Gun
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Strangled Against the Back Rank
Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953  (E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Only Natural
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Great Technique
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
The Alterman Wall
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
The Strategy of Steinitz
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Combinative
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
Rage Against the Machine
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
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