Material: On the board vs. in the battle
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0
Footnote to Greco
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Fishing pole
C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 12 moves, 0-1
Encore to the Opera game
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Smash through
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1862  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
Open the center
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849  (C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Tempi
A Meek vs Morphy, 1855  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1
King hunt
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
King Safety
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Two bishops
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Pins
Rubinstein vs E Heilmann, 1905  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
C J Corte vs J Bolbochan, 1946  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 1-0
Game of the century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Playing a closed position—flexibility
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857  (C00) French Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Destroy the pawn shield
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0
Tactics flow from a superior position
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Pawn storm
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Inspired by Rotlewi — Rubinstein
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
King in the endgame
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
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