The Immortal Draw Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 King's corner draw Hanstein vs Von Der Lasa, 1839  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw to avoid defeat Bird vs G MacDonnell, 1882  (B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Philidor Position W Pollock vs Showalter, 1889   (C55) Two Knights Defense, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 The dreaded grandmaster draw...118 years ago Blackburne vs Schlechter, 1895  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2 It takes two to tango, but apparently only one to draw Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1898  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Dread Opposite Color Bishop Draw Maroczy vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 Three-fold repetition draw Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1903  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 The zugzwang draw Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 The so-called "crazy rook" draw A E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 A dubious draw H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C10) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 The deflection draw Leonhardt vs Tarrasch, 1920  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Draw of "Careful Defence" Alekhine vs Reti, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 The power of the queen to hold the game Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Carousel Draw; Or, all around the maypole... Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 Classical draw Tartakower vs Reti, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Colossal draw Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1925  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 A textbook draw; Or, when you're losing, trade pawns Euwe vs Sultan Khan, 1931  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Alekhine demonstrates that an exposed king wins you nothing Euwe vs Alekhine, 1934  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Tartakower compellingly demonstrates the rook/pawn endgame draw Stahlberg vs Tartakower, 1937  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Keres illustrates the amazing two connected-pawns vs Rook draw Keres vs E Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 An unexpected draw Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1944  (C16) French, Winawer, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Artist at work Petrosian vs A A Smorodsky, 1944  (A28) English, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 Striving only for equality Petrosian vs Keres, 1946  (D80) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 An extraordinary queen's draw game Tartakower vs O Bernstein, 1946 (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw between mutual friends, equals Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 Two can play at this game... Geller vs Golombek, 1952  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sacrificing for the draw Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 The "Big Picture" draw Petrosian vs Averbakh, 1953  (A17) English, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2 A brilliant draw Keres vs Reshevsky, 1953  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 The "Knight Odds" Draw Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2 "The Luck of the Draw" Koblents vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2 A hard fought draw Tal vs Petrosian, 1958  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bear Hug Draw; Or, Fischer's "defeat" is Petrosian's "victory" Petrosian vs Fischer, 1958  (A16) English, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw of fatigue; Or, "draw" your own conclusion Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 The distant opposition draw Gligoric vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 Two future world champion attackers sac themselves into a draw Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw as victory Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 When the art of the draw fails, 27...Rd6 instead of 27...Nxe4 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1961  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 36 moves, 1-0 Great fight leads to open board queen draw Keres vs Fischer, 1962  (B20) Sicilian, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bronstein's gambit almost beats Petrosian's draw. Amazing! Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drawn endgame finds pretty stalemate Portisch vs L Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 The "Quick Draw" F Mora vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sometimes the best defense is a good draw I Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2 Taimanov discovers a simple yet elegant drawing resource Y Nikolaevsky vs Taimanov, 1967  (A10) English, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Artist falls afoul of his own medium; Or, Iron vs 3 folds Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 The blockade draw Portisch vs Petrosian, 1972  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2 Fischer deplores the draw, plays 29...Bxh2 instead of 29...Ke7 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 56 moves, 1-0 A world championship class draw Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 Draw of proper promotion; Or, the Knight wins the Day! L Day vs Timman, 1980  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 A defensive draw masterpiece Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 83 moves, 1/2-1/2 An epic defensive draw Beliavsky vs Ulf Andersson, 1982  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 107 moves, 1/2-1/2 An orchestrated stalemate Anand vs Dreev, 1991  (C11) French, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 Positional endgame draw involving pawns, bishop, and opposition Short vs Korchnoi, 1991 (C10) French, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 Ingenius stalemate combination S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Miniature Stalemate J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw as escape hatch; Or, Kasparov cuts win "Short" Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Leko demonstrates the infamous "Bishop's Pawn vs Queen" draw Van Wely vs Leko, 1996  (A48) King's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 The "crowd-pleaser" draw Anand vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2 The draw of diminishing returns Topalov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2 Master vs. machine: the perpetual draw Bronstein vs Deep Blue, 1996  (B20) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 A beautifully realized final position, courtesy of young Leko Kramnik vs Leko, 1997  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Promise of Brilliant Draws to Come; Or, The Iceman Cometh Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1999  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2 Instructive queen vs. queen and pawn endgame draw Leko vs Kasparov, 2003  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2 No forced win equals a forced draw; Or, draw by disagreement A Iljushin vs V Beznosikov, 2003  (A43) Old Benoni, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 When theoretical draws are put into practice.... Nakamura vs Zhu Chen, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 182 moves, 1/2-1/2 Forced draw by threat of mate; Or, Mutually Assured Destruction Kramnik vs Anand, 2004  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kramnik draws what others have lost Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drawn from miraculous possibility Anand vs Kramnik, 2004  (C88) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 A WCh match draw: the tide does not turn, but ebbs still.... Leko vs Kramnik, 2004   (A61) Benoni, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2 A "flawless" draw? Leko vs Kramnik, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 Acropolis Now K Kokolias vs F Sigalas, 2005  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 The "Futuristic" Draw Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Material sac for the positional draw Naiditsch vs Kramnik, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 Equality of Excellence Judit Polgar vs Anand, 2005  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Draw of Endless Torment Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 97 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Saving Resource Draw Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 The rare "Fortress" Draw. Salov vs Korchnoi, 1997  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2 Draw Fire Topalov vs Kramnik, 1999  (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Irresistable Force vs. The Immovable Object Kamsky vs Kramnik, 2006  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 Last Call Draw; Or, You can't go home, but you can't stay here! Beliavsky vs Karjakin, 2006  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Patron Saint of Draws Team White vs Team Black, 2006  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 "Quick on the Draw" Euwe vs Alekhine, 1936  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 "The Stalemate of Dust and Desire" Anand vs Kramnik, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nimzowitsch vs. The Isolated Pawn! O Krause vs Nimzowitsch, 1924   (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Kitchen Sink Stalemate Albin vs Csank, 1890  (C13) French, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 Give me that old time Black magic Topalov vs Radjabov, 2008  (B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drawn Together Gelfand vs Adams, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drawn from miraculous possibility too Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2