Pure Mate
Kiss vs G Barcza, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 14 moves, 0-1
Brilliancy
Tal vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
Legendary Game
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
Lonesome Cowboy
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2012  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Summer on Planet Chucky
Ivanchuk vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2012  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
Nijboer from Hell
M Van der Werf vs Nijboer, 2001  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1
Like Toy Soldiers
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Cornered
Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2012  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 1-0
Force
Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930  (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 31 moves, 0-1
The Iceman
Nimzowitsch vs W Winter, 1927  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 45 moves, 0-1
Marshall Arts
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1905  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Sonic
Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1
Connect Four
A Pomar-Salamanca vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1974  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 50 moves, 0-1
Welcome to the Future
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2012  (C00) French Defense, 66 moves, 1-0
Awonderful Record Breaker
A Liang vs Kaufman, 2012  (C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Jack Off and Go
Short vs Jakovenko, 2012  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 51 moves, 0-1
Volokitin's Immortal
A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
Stuck in the Middle
Bauermann vs R Butze, 1979  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1
Salazar Picante
H Munoz Sotomayor vs H Salazar Jacob, 1990  (B83) Sicilian, 59 moves, 0-1
Gata Catch 'em All
Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 0-1
KasparON
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Bangla Dash
A Minhazuddin vs J Mohammad, 2007  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 53 moves, 1-0
Dope!
Topalov vs Bareev, 2002  (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
Left Wing Terrorism
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1903  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Good Bye!
Adams vs Kasparov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1
Die Nazi Scum
E J Diemer vs F Lamb, 1947  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
That's a Morra!
M Esserman vs V Martirosov, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
Oddity
Nimzowitsch vs Leelaus, 1910  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Queens
E Szalanczy vs Thi Mai Hung Nguyen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Simple but Nice
Karjakin vs Morozevich, 2012  (B49) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 68 moves, 1-0
Corner Action
R Fontaine vs A Sokolov, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
Count Down
Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Quick and Efficient
Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
Finish Him!
E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Tata!
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Ravn Maniac
P Ravn vs Portisch, 1957  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
Draw? No Way!
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2013  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 92 moves, 1-0
Witchcraft
H K Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
Crank Frank
F P Carr vs W C Palmer, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Simon Says...
S B Jensen vs S Williams, 2013  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
Bird Flippin'
Bird vs J W Shaw, 1877  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Many Mates
O Bender vs D Benge, 1962  (C88) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 0-1
Lev and Let Die
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Cheka Check Mate
Alekhine vs A Kaufman, 1919  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Fork Me!
Shirov vs S Sjugirov, 2013  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 42 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang!
Nakamura vs Wang Hao, 2013  (C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
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