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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