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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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