Zugzwang I
L Carranza vs Capablanca, 1911  (C46) Three Knights, 44 moves, 0-1
Do or Die or ... Draw
Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881  (C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Peter, Paul, & Merry
Van der Sterren vs P Gelpke, 1985  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Capa's Way
Capablanca vs E Tholfsen, 1924  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0
Something's Wrong Here...
R Ortega vs E Etcheverry, 1963  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Broken Mirror
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
PES - Botvinnik
A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931  (A15) English, 37 moves, 0-1
100 Year Old Scotch
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
The Pelikan Brief
M Brodsky vs Kramnik, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
Sacrificial Queen II
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 1-0
Burned
Allies vs Blackburne, 1895  (C58) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Walk in the Park
R T Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Grand Sacrifice
Spielmann vs L'Hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
The Table Turns II
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Staircase to Heaven
M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
A Long Walk Off a Short Peer
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Future Stalemate
Aronian vs Gelfand, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Evening Post
A E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (E14) Queen's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1
Two-Bishop Mate
E Liu vs A Vospernik, 2001  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 87 moves, 1-0
HorsePlay
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Draw, 1922
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Can't Fool an Old Fooler
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1
J G Nicholson vs Keene, 1981  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 0-1
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