Multiple tactical motifs - including a possible fork from white
P Szilagyi vs Gipslis, 1964 (B08) Pirc, Classical, 39 moves, 0-1
Calculation example - 45..Rb2
K Kirby vs Botvinnik, 1964  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 48 moves, 0-1
Remove the defender move 20
F Kuijpers vs T Timman, 1972  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 48 moves, 0-1
E Torre vs O Jakobsen, 1973  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 112 moves, 0-1
Emanuel Lasker - If you see a good move, look for a better one
Tal vs Salnikov, 1970  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0
Rook to the seventh rank
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Aggressive king
Tal vs G Lisitsin, 1956  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Knight outpost
Boleslavsky vs G Lisitsin, 1956  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Rook genius
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0
Passed pawn and queen sac
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Taking advantage of pawn weaknesses
H Mattison vs A Nimzowitsch, 1929  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Preparation of pawn end game
R Domenech vs Flohr, 1935  (B40) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1
Passed pawn
Fischer vs H Berliner, 1960  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Knight echange blockading the rook, both side pawns and rooks
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961  (D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Bishop end game
L Metanomski vs E Glass, 1931  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 92 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs R Frentz, 1933  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 35 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1957  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 33 moves, 1-0
M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Offering the queen for mate
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C27) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
M Andersen vs P Salinas Herrera, 2021  (A06) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Wojtaszek vs M Matlakov, 2021 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
25. Qb2 v Qa1 - see finegold video ~ 12 minutes in
J Cori vs S Mareco, 2021 (A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0
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