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Carr crash (soberknight)
Morphy vs G S Carr, 1858  
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

21 karat Gold (soberknight)
D Shapiro vs Gold, 1993 
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 21 moves, 0-1

Lowe half point (soberknight)
J Lowe vs J Langreck, 1997 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

I'm lovin' it (soberknight)
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Leave it to Biever (azaris)
Biever vs Cassidy, 1959 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1

Over the Hill (soberknight) & DownHill
L Hill vs Fischer, 1957 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 21 moves, 0-1

Ketcham if you can! (soberknight)
R Ketcham vs J Benjamin, 1991 
(B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 0-1

Quality over quantity (soberknight)
C Land vs H West, 1990 
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 20 moves, 1-0

Break the Bank (soberknight)
P Bank vs Glek, 1996 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

Nil points (soberknight)
Botvinnik vs N Panchenko, 1927 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 1-0

So much for Love winning out in the end (azaris)
Koltanowski vs Love, 1949 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Wrong Wei (soberknight)
P Song vs A Wei, 2001 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

No escape from the deep Hole (soberknight)
Carlsen vs O Hole, 2001 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Mili Vanillovic (offramp)
M Danilovic vs Blatny, 2001
(C45) Scotch Game, 51 moves, 1-0

Ouch Ouch! (DutchDunce)
Aung Aung vs Wang Pin, 2000 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 42 moves, 1-0

Ten Haaf - ten moves (soberknight)
K Langeweg vs E Ten Haaf, 1983 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Norregaard for his opponents (soberknight)
C Norregaard vs Larsen, 1981 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Tears of frustration (soberknight)
C F Tears vs Schmid, 1954 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 35 moves, 0-1

Karpov defeats the Metrick System (soberknight)
Karpov vs A Metrick, 1990 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0

Pawn Stormed (Whitehat1963)
S Woelk vs R Storm, 1981 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Siegfried Woelks into a Storm (Whitehat1963)
S Woelk vs R Storm, 1982 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

Carless pedestrian (BishopBerkeley)
Adianto vs D Carless, 1990
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 1-0

SubUrban performance (BishopofBlunder) & a Gross blunder
K Urban vs S Gross, 1989 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1

Joerg Supplieth, but Meyer taketh away (BishopBerkeley)
F Meyer vs J Supplieth, 1999
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 62 moves, 1-0

Ian can't play well (soberknight)
I Cantwell vs K G Wilhelm, 1992
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1

Garry Beat Zueger (thanks, soberknight)
B Zueger vs Kasparov, 1987 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1

Nerves of Steel (DeepBlade) & Man of Steel
R Steel vs NN, 1886 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0

Check out all the jokes on the L Johnson page
S Kustar vs L Johnson, 2001 
(A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0

That cwazy wabbit
B Hare vs K Budge, 1958 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Livshits happens...
V Dambrauskas vs G Livshits, 2001
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 17 moves, 0-1

Can't beat the Law
Law vs Nunn, 1981 
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nice guys finish last
Euwe vs Goodman, 1951 
(D54) Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Surfin' Safarli
Jobava vs E Safarli, 2003
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Against the current
C Dinwoodie vs G Salmon, 1941 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

He knows his ABC
A B Carlin vs Christiansen, 1986 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0

Milk Sheikh
M Sheikh vs W Riemer, 1984 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 7 moves, 0-1

Boom!
W Boom vs G Nesis, 1978 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Big Bang
T Ochsner vs A Bang, 1986 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 12 moves, 1-0

Mowed down
NN vs G Mow, 1909 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1

Puff the magic Dragon
Dragon vs G Timoshchenko, 1997 
(B19) Caro-Kann, Classical, 47 moves, 1-0

Fred and butter
J A Fred vs K Skold, 1951 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 1-0

Crowl Hater
D Hater vs R Crowl, 1981 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 8 moves, 0-1

Plamen attack
G Minchev vs P Lambev, 1994 
(C46) Three Knights, 60 moves, 1-0

Coco nut
C Coco vs J Grau Ribas, 1997 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1

Sweet Name Of The Blonde
J Ortega Ruiz vs Dulce Nombre De la Rubia, 2005
(E91) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

Lost Bet
Zsofia Polgar vs S Bet, 2002 
(C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

Trench Coates
M Basman vs K Coates, 1978 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

Smook on the water
R Smook vs D Shapero, 1971
(A26) English, 31 moves, 1-0

Krushing victory
I Krush vs A Levina, 2003 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Poker face
M Elias vs S Koper, 1994
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 70 moves, 0-1

Too much Vine for Fischer
Fischer vs K Vine, 1956 
(B32) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dirty Poole
NN vs D Poole, 1952 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 11 moves, 0-1

Oh, Jesus!
R Christ vs I Berezovsky, 2001 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

He drives me crazy
J Friedman vs Zack Madden, 2001
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Shure defeat
Waitzkin vs G Shure, 1992 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 57 moves, 1-0

No Keressing
Keres vs Verbac, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Parking Meter
Van Meter vs T Palmer, 2005 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1

Go, West
Blackburne vs West, 1885 
(C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0

Nineteen-Wheeler
M Yeo vs J F Wheeler, 2001
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

Wear and Ter
G Welling vs Ter Plegt, 1981
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 25 moves, 0-1

Kubbel telescope
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Kubbel, 1920
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1

All too real...
K Lie vs Carlsen, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

A Long way behind
C Long vs S Wygle, 1977 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

Savage destruction of HardArson
A Savage vs R Hardarson, 1982
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Blown away
L J Cannon vs E Greig, 1949 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

A Wild game
H Wild vs M Pavlovic, 2001 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 63 moves, 0-1

Strong player
Rasmussen vs Strong, 1956 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Ole, Toro
Kasparov vs B Toro Sanchez, 1980
(A14) English, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Barber of Seville
S Halkias vs H Barber, 2001
(A80) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

Eye of the tiger
R Mckinley vs T Varley, 1996
(C46) Three Knights, 70 moves, 1-0

Long name, short game
T Zoltek vs W Teerapabpaisit, 2004 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 17 moves, 1-0

An Odd Lie
Larsen vs O Lie, 1985 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

Don't Argue at a Wedding
D Wedding vs Argue, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Don'ta messa with the family
D Wedding vs Consigliori, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

Goodloss
J Johnson vs B Goodwin, 1994 
(C00) French Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

French Fries
J O Fries Nielsen vs W Honigl, 1975
(C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

Puharr?
Alekhine vs L Puharre, 1926 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

Thomas Held it badly
T Held vs C Haas, 2001
(C25) Vienna, 14 moves, 0-1

The Laesser player lost
M Bucher vs A Laesser, 2001
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Hand slip
D Pelan vs Hand, 1981 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 8 moves, 1-0

Harm Mekkes you lose
T Berend vs H Mekkes, 2000
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Black got successfully out of Harms way
P Harms vs F Surmann, 1947 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 38 moves, 0-1

Wilkinson sword? More like a knife
I Chahrani vs I Wilkinson, 2004
(B33) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

No Hope left for Pickering
Hope vs Pickering, 1974 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Poor harvest for Farmer
B Wall vs Farmer, 1989 
(B20) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Hillarious
H Karner vs Karpov, 1972 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

E Nemeth of the machines
E Nemeth vs Shredder, 2000 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

Tal makes him Soffer
Tal vs R Soffer, 1990 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Battering Ram
Wisse vs Ram, 1979 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 1-0

Tomba raider
Navara vs I Tomba, 1997
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 1-0

Elementary, my dear Watson
P Ursell vs Watson, 1953 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 1-0

Another case solved
R O'Rourke vs M Holmes, 2001 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 20 moves, 0-1

Catcher in the Rye
C Meleghegyi vs Rye, 1978
(E70) King's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0

Starring: Alekhine
Alekhine vs Starr, 1924 
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Sleep Walker
Kolisch vs R Walker, 1861 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Teddy bear
Ehlvest vs T Coleman, 2004 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Robbin' Ault
Fischer vs R Ault, 1959 
(B07) Pirc, 32 moves, 1-0

Stoned cold
Morphy vs J W Stone, 1859 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0

Gibbs de-energized
F Brown vs Gibbs, 1918 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Frick out
D Leroy vs C Frick, 2000
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 18 moves, 1-0

What the Keck?
Kuhn vs Keck, 1952 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

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