The greatest swindle ever
Beliavsky vs Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Swindle of the Century," but Christiansen-Beliavsky is better
Larry Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate and zugzwang save Schlechter's hide
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
A crazy rook
Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Post escapes Nimzo's crazy rook, but only for a while
A E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
Poor Black had FIVE extra pawns
J A Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
55.Kf1! would have won
Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1906  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov falls into a stalemate trap
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hey, Murray, look -- free knight!
Chandler vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1987  (B33) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
A surprising stalemate trick saves Kramnik
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Geller swindles an overconfident Reshevsky
Reshevsky vs Geller, 1953  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
A witty conclusion
M Walter vs G Nagy, 1924  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another crazy rook
Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
The wily old fox tricks the young Smyslov
O Bernstein vs Smyslov, 1946  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pavey finds a combination . . .
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Passed pawns must be pushed?
J Fichtl vs F Blatny, 1956  (A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Oops! Portisch steps in it
Portisch vs L Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
White naively offers to trade queens . . .
W Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black has four mobile pieces, but still forces stalemate!
S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shortest possible stalemate
J Upmark vs R Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate with all the pieces on the board
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
A knight and pawn up, B can't find a way to avoid stalemate
E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
A nice stalemate swindle in a knight ending
Grischuk vs Judit Polgar, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate swindle costs poor Adorjan a Candidates match
Huebner vs Adorjan, 1980  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Walbrodt-Charousek
K Walbrodt vs Charousek, 1896  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
The greatest stalemate combination ever!
Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
All roads lead to stalemate
Keres vs Fischer, 1962  (B20) Sicilian, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
59...Bg7! 60.Rh4 Bd4! would've drawn
R G Hegde vs Palatnik, 1988  (E17) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 1-0
Black missed 35... b6!! 36. Qxc6 Ne3+! 37. Rxe3 Qf1+!
Korchnoi vs Vaganian, 1989  (C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky falls for a stalemate trap (first of 3)
C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another crazy rook
K Wockenfuss vs Ulf Andersson, 1977  (B10) Caro-Kann, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2
White missed 37.Bxe4!
F J Perez Perez vs Ivkov, 1962  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 36 moves, 0-1
Yet another crazy rook
Miles vs Rachels, 1989  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Two crazy rooks
V Cmilyte vs Lahno, 2012  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
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