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Originally Posted by Allen C
You're stronger than I am but I'll just throw this suggestion out there: Learn from the Legends - Chess Champions at their Best by Mihail Marin.
The chapters' titles will give you an idea of the content.
1. Akiba Rubinstein's Rook Endings
Every time I play over one of the drawn GM rook endings that Rubinstein won, I feel like he could have been convicted of witchcraft. In 1960. Or today.
#1 GOAT - Akiba
Capa
Smyslov/Karpov
The Rotlewi win is a top 10 game/combination/Q+R sac ever. But this R+P endgame v Lasker:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119726
His position is worth maybe 2/3 of a pawn better after 23-24 moves, Lasker has to resign by move 40.
I'm sure we could find 5 better examples if we tried.