One Love (soberknight)
W Grimshaw vs A Love, 1886  (C26) Vienna, 19 moves, 1-0
Broken Glass (soberknight)
E Glass vs Fine, 1933  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Crybaby (soberknight)
A Davis vs C F Tears, 1944  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
Say it ain't So (Jim Bartle)
S Sjugirov vs W So, 2005  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
A Pile of trouble (soberknight)
R Pile vs A Tukhaev, 2005  (B54) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Jacko-lantern & Wacko Jacko (both by tpstar)
V Jacko vs J Jackova, 1994  (C56) Two Knights, 34 moves, 1-0
Stuffed (maoam)
Alekhine vs Pita / Allies, 1944  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
Worth Skipping (sixfeetunder)
Chigorin vs A Skipworth, 1883  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Kopf lost his head (sneaky pete)
R Kopf vs H Pensold, 1993  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1
White's defense was full of holes (John Doe)
Hols vs Bucker, 1792  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
There are too many puns to cite, check them out yourself
Anand vs S A Butt, 1987  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Hunger strike (notsodeepthought)
L Schiffler vs Hunger, 1950  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Tim "The Toolman" Taylor (Benzol)
T Taylor vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1985  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 19 moves, 1-0
MMighty Wind & Wind beneath my wings (both by tpstar)
M M Wind vs G Welling, 1977  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alexandro the Great (tpstar)
R Palacios vs A Valenzuela, 2005  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
iamverywellingatchess (tpstar)
J Piket Sr vs G Welling, 1985  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Pay Day (Timothy Glenn Forney)
L Day vs T Koliada, 1994  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0
A daring way to Greet A Captaine (Autoreparaturwerkbau)
A Capitaine vs A Greet, 2005  (A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Black had a Tromp up his sleeve (azaris)
R Tromp vs R Gonzalez Davila, 2004  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 0-1
Ehlvest has left the building (RandomVisitor)
Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1996  (A17) English, 29 moves, 1-0
Froot Lupi (DutchDunce & blingice)
F Lupi vs Alekhine, 1946  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Naka on heaven's door (Sneaky)
Nakamura vs I Ibragimov, 2004  (C02) French, Advance, 66 moves, 1-0
Beast of Burden (tpstar)
Steinitz vs F Burden, 1862  (C58) Two Knights, 35 moves, 0-1
Not much of Ajoy (after Treadhead57)
T Stock vs A Solomon, 2006  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 14 moves, 1-0
Kunin trap (after MUG)
Kunin vs Ochsengoit, 1958  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
The chess jewel (after Autoreparaturwerkbau)
L Au vs J Diamond, 1994  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 22 moves, 1-0
Dustin' the Wind (after tpstar)
R Jongman vs M M Wind, 1984 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
Stumped (after BishopBerkeley)
L Stumpers vs Euwe, 1946  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
A ghost story (after who) & What the Heckert?!
Casper vs Heckert, 1975  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
The match that never was (thanks, lopium)
Karpov vs R Fiszer, 2000  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
A kind of magic
Tal vs D Keller, 1959  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
Disobedient Pupols
V Pupols vs Alburt, 1987 (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 31 moves, 0-1
WoodPekker
Tal vs S Pekker, 1973  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 35 moves, 0-1
I'm Fineman
Fineman vs T Stone, 1935 (C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
It takes a Chess Genius
Chess Genius vs Bagirov, 1993  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 75 moves, 1-0
Arrested Hulligan
S Hulligan vs P Cafolla, 2006 (B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
Stockowner
T Stock vs A P Smith, 2006 (A56) Benoni Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
The entertainer
Tal vs Hecht, 1962  (E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
Itz crazy!
Itze vs Reinle, 1925  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 0-1
Lord of the Manor
Psakhis vs I Manor, 1991 (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1
Bad Manor
N Davies vs I Manor, 1991 (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Feuer on board & Burned & Don't play with Feuer
Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
Revenge is sweet & The dream game
V Datsvich vs B Fairsbury, 1997  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
UnbelievaBull
P Fenn vs D J Bull, 1994 (C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Don't be too Kranki
G Pfeiffer vs H Kranki, 1941  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
The miracle of Bern
I Bern vs Igor Ivanov, 1994 (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
Martinez In danger
I Martinez Porras vs Y Dembo, 2006  (A10) English, 87 moves, 0-1
Show tune
Yap Choow Tun vs Abang Azmi Reza Dravab, 2001 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0
Come and get Csom
Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 1-0
Regina monologues
J Krivec vs Pokorna, 2003  (C45) Scotch Game, 21 moves, 0-1
Boxing Jukemura
Kasparov vs R Jukemura, 2004  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Finding Nimzo
P F Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1
A Hole in 21
A Caoili vs O Hole, 2001  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
Dave E Crane
D Crane vs W Riemer, 1988 (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 44 moves, 0-1
Dennis the menace
De Vreugt vs M Gurevich, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 1-0
What's the Mattern with you?
M Mattern vs D Sanner, 1999 (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 40 moves, 0-1
No safe Haven
New Haven vs Hartford, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 0-1
Don't Gow in there
R Gow vs M Shepherd, 1994 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
Didn't get to first Base
A Base vs J Torres, 1994  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 0-1
Shaven off
B Beard vs D Burk, 1979  (C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
Pietzsch the show
W Pietzsch vs Gligoric, 1960 (E70) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Orange juice
Renato Naranja vs Gligoric, 1970  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 28 moves, 0-1
An unfulfilled prophecy (Ok, I know I'm exaggerating...)
Delfi 46 vs Junior, 2006  (B40) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
From now on, I'm Cosma!
I Cosma vs A Blanch, 2001 (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
The man with the Goldhamer
H Goldhamer vs Fischer, 1956  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
Nawal battle
A Nawal vs J Fongers, 1992  (C57) Two Knights, 40 moves, 1-0
Showin' Teller
Opocensky vs A Teller, 1928  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 56 moves, 1-0
Shutov down
A Shutov vs K Sakai, 2003  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
Blowing in the Wind & Please, reWind
M Wind vs Bronstein, 1989  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Super Heroiu
A Heroiu vs G Brueckner, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Apperly ever after
H W Apperly vs H Charlick, 1894  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Fingerov slip
Ponomariov vs D Fingerov, 2005  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Plymate of the month
Chessmaster vs Plymate, 1988  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 80 moves, 0-1
DeCapitated
E Mensch vs F Capit, 1996 (A57) Benko Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Stand by me
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1995  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1
Walk to Canossa
A Pope vs H Barber, 1971 (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 23 moves, 1-0
Mar attacks
K Mar vs S Milliet, 2005 (C55) Two Knights Defense, 96 moves, 1-0
Flash Gordon
S Gordon vs Emms, 2004  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Tomato Soos
Soos vs Geller, 1962  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
Mens sana in corpore Sano
S Kantinti vs T Sano, 2006 (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 52 moves, 0-1
You can Count on me & LeCount master FJ (to be taken lightly)
Alekhine vs F J Le Count, 1923  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0
Victory!
V Baranova vs M Laubova, 1992  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Exodus
Geller vs Tal, 1975  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Peil of garbage
Fischer vs Peil, 1964  (C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
No penalty this time :-)
N McDonald vs R J Dive, 1994  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
For Christmas, Claus gave me a Queen
B Wall vs Claus, 1974  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0
ReLaxman
R R Laxman vs D Sharma, 2005 (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 1-0
Requiescat in Pace
D Flores vs C Pace, 2006 (A38) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
Quek undew the pwessuwe
S Evans-Quek vs I Cheparinov, 2004  (E97) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1
Rolls Reuss
Yusupov vs A Reuss, 2005  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 40 moves, 1-0
Conquered with love
A Gandy vs S Clark, 2000  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 60 moves, 1-0
Sabre dance
A G Nimmy vs Y Khachatourian, 2001 (C42) Petrov Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Gilbert's arena
T Lopang vs J Gilbert, 2006  (E92) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1
Black Swindells a draw
J Gilbert vs J Swindells, 1999  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Adorin' Adorjan
Adorjan vs Ribli, 1979  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
Don't cry for me Argentino & A double double rook sac
R A Redolfi vs E Eliskases, 1957  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1
Take another little piece of my Hart
T Hart vs T Zietlow, 1993  (B20) Sicilian, 8 moves, 0-1
Godes must be crazy
Waserski vs Godes, 1975  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0
Shur of himself
M Shur vs A Rinberg, 2001  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0
The End
D Levy vs R End, 1966  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0
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