The quiet move in the attack
Ding Liren vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Pressure to the last pawn
Viswanathan Anand vs. Magnus Carlsen
The pin does the work
Levon Aronian vs. Viswanathan Anand
A retreat with a purpose
Irina Krush vs. Anna Ushenina
The value of holding
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs. Hou Yifan
The attack has another gear
Vasyl Ivanchuk vs. Artur Yusupov
First one wing, then the other
Anatoly Karpov vs. Wolfgang Unzicker
A rook in the way
Bobby Fischer vs. Pal Benko
Keep the initiative moving
Boris Spassky vs. David Bronstein
The centre arrives later
Richard Réti vs. José Raúl Capablanca
An attack against a pawn race
Viswanathan Anand vs. Magnus Carlsen
The first step to a title
Hou Yifan vs. Alexandra Kosteniuk
The king joins the work
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Peter Leko
Queens off. Initiative on.
Judit Polgár vs. Garry Kasparov
A king across the board
Garry Kasparov vs. Veselin Topalov
A knight that changes everything
Anatoly Karpov vs. Garry Kasparov
A masterpiece without hurry
Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spassky
More than the exchange
Tigran Petrosian vs. Boris Spassky
Into the complications
Mikhail Botvinnik vs. Mikhail Tal
The game of the century
Donald Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer
The art of holding
José Raúl Capablanca vs. Frank James Marshall
The king takes a walk
José Raúl Capablanca vs. Savielly Tartakower
Meeting the prepared attack
José Raúl Capablanca vs. Frank James Marshall
Two bishops, one king
Emanuel Lasker vs. Johann Hermann Bauer
A night at the opera
Paul Morphy vs. Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard
An evergreen combination
Adolf Anderssen vs. Jean Dufresne
The courage to let go
Adolf Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritzky
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