Who else but Bird? G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1 Freebird Bird vs J W Shaw, 1877  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0 Negative Immortality Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1 Even a bad bishop doesn't deserve to be this frustrated Charousek vs Maroczy, 1895  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nc5! Charousek vs E Schallopp, 1898  (C26) Vienna, 34 moves, 1-0 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. J W Te Kolste vs F W Pelzer, 1899  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 White knights on a1 and h1 Pillsbury vs Janowski, 1902  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 59 moves, 0-1 Fastest doubling of rooks on the eighth rank Mieses vs Swiderski, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0 Castle early and often E Cohn vs E E Middleton, 1905  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 Triple play Janowski vs Przepiorka, 1906  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 0-1 A pinned queen is still a queen F Young vs H N Stone, 1907  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0 Now THIS is a fork! O Sundstrom vs E Holm, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 Just to make Kingcrusher happy Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0 King Poseidon Kan vs V Makogonov, 1939  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 32 moves, 0-1 Bridg-It! Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 The bishops pared Kliavin vs Ragozin, 1951  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 40 moves, 0-1 Pinfall Wizard A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1 Oh, you're allowed to promote to a queen? V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 11 isolated pawns after 23.bxc3 J Sherwin vs Berliner, 1962  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 36 moves, 0-1 The Tomb Game -- and in a Halloween tournament, no less. B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 When in doubt, castle. T Espig vs G Moehring, 1973  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 Smorgasbord! A Laster vs R Gahtan, 1975  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0 There's no place like home Csom vs W Martz, 1975  (A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Step aside, boys; I'll handle this! Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1 Go ahead and take my knights. I'll find another one. Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 Seventeen quick pawn moves led the big parade E J Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0 That's not how Reinfeld taught us to trade queens Hort vs J M Hodgson, 1986  (B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 63 moves, 0-1 Knight moves R Hawkes vs K Spraggett, 1986  (B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 32 moves, 0-1 Now THIS is a pawn center J F van der Hoeven vs F Lucas, 1989  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 24 moves, 0-1 Even more--and more, and more, and more--knight moves J M Hodgson vs D Gluckman, 1992  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 All You Can Eat Smorgasbord! Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0 Latest Chess 960 position, after Black's 21st move. A Lastin vs Tseshkovsky, 1995  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0 What did you expect? d-pawn openers can't play serious chess. A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0 Extended polygamy Ashley vs DeFirmian, 1996  (A56) Benoni Defense, 75 moves, 0-1 Worst position of all time? G Bailey vs E Fischvogt, 1999  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1 Five empty ranks, 18 pieces total A Hantak vs Pavol Vach, 2000  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2 Looks more like Six Feet Under Fritz B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0 Allumwandlung! P Jaracz vs J Jackova, 2001  (A28) English, 32 moves, 1-0 The Thin Black LIne A Adly vs Rublevsky, 2004  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 The infantry disintegrates between moves 15 and 31 A Gorovets vs R Pile, 2006  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sing a song of six knights Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 Clerical stuff Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1 Clump chess! Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2009  (E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1