Oops, was that my queen?
Polgar vs Karpov, 1993  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 32 moves, 1-0
Kasparov demonstrates his amazing blitz skills
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Minor "oversight"
Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1991  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 21 moves, 0-1
The Burger eats Fischer
Fischer vs R Burger, 1964  (C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1
There goes the queen.
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Already lost by move 5
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921  (C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
A "Coffee House Player?"
Kasparov vs Anand, 1992  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0
Geller does not understand what the "Queen's Gambit" really is
S Polgar vs Geller, 1992  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
64 Squares may be too many for Kasparov
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
The "Drunken King" opening ;)
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
A funny hypermodern caricature
C Guimard vs L Piazzini, 1938  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
Too much Alekohol
F J Perez Perez vs Alekhine, 1943  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
Petrosian en prise (yet again)
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1
Not so fine anymore (lame pun intended)
Alekhine vs Fine, 1937  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
"You must be joking" - Fischer
Gheorghiu vs Fischer, 1966  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
Sac Sac Oops Did Not Work Oh Wait Thank You Blunder Mate
Fischer vs T Hartwell, 1964  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Capablanca's profound opening play
Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0
A gift from a Pal
Benko vs Smyslov, 1964  (A28) English, 37 moves, 0-1
Fischer blunders away an endgame with an NN-ish error
Fischer vs Letelier, 1959  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 61 moves, 0-1
Kasparov's classic blunder
A Huzman vs Kasparov, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
"Do you want to go over the game?"
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993  (E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik probably needed new eyeglasses
P Izmailov vs Botvinnik, 1929  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 14 moves, 1-0
"Blindfold chess at its worst"
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2001  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 14 moves, 1-0
Spassky decided to go on ritalin after this...
Spassky vs Rodgaisky, 1948  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 8 moves, 0-1
A Pillsbury miniature... no, he loses!
Pillsbury vs A Neumann, 1902  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Preti Stupid
Spielmann vs Reti, 1928  (C28) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 0-1
Paul Keres, master of correspondence chess
Keres vs G Menke, 1933  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
Who really needs a rook anyway?
Piket vs Anand, 1998  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 60 moves, 1-0
Who really needs a queen either?
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C58) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
Petrovied
A Zapata vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
Eye for an Eye, Queen for a ???
Topalov vs Karpov, 2002  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 29 moves, 0-1
Fritz could see 18+ ply. But in the end, only 4 ply mattered.
X3D Fritz vs Kasparov, 2003  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
King activity?
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi "the calculator" fails... but so does his opponent!
Korchnoi vs Mecking, 1974  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 42 moves, 1-0
Petrosian loses his queen. (I guess this is nothing new)
V Liberzon vs Petrosian, 1964  (C18) French, Winawer, 15 moves, 1-0
Ghosts
Nisipeanu vs Ivanchuk, 1999  (C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
Geller vs Portisch, 1973  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 86 moves, 0-1
IM Shirazi embarrasses himself
K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
The unexpected
Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1889  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky announces mate...
Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 40 moves, 0-1
Pushing your luck too far
Lasker vs Euwe, 1936  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
"You don't just look for mates in two against Reshevsky."
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov makes the worst move possible in the position
Karpov vs Bareev, 1994  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 1-0
"How drunk was Alekhine when THIS happened?"
Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Fischer and Petrosian share another thing in common.
Najdorf vs Fischer, 1966  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 31 moves, 1-0
Overconfidence
Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
"McShame?"
Kosteniuk vs McShane, 2003  (B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Only a lack of class keeps Georgiev from resigning earlier...
Nunn vs K Georgiev, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
An amusing underpromotion
H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Free rook for Bogo! ;-)
Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1920  (A84) Dutch, 43 moves, 1-0
You don't have to be Fischer to see this
T Ghitescu vs Fischer, 1960  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 14 moves, 0-1
Another classic Karpov blunder
Andersson vs Karpov, 1995  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0
Even the "Lightning Kid" can blunder in blitz
Anand vs Ponomariov, 2003  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Easy conquest
A Cherniaev vs S Conquest, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 88 moves, 1-0
Um, what did you say again about "feminine weakness?"
Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
Samisched by time
Saemisch vs Tarrasch, 1925  (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
Another unintentional queen sacrifice :-)
Karpov vs Balashov, 1976  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0
"Blunder of the century?"
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Bologan tries to prove he can beat a 14 year old
Bologan vs Karjakin, 2003  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1
Did Conquest just black out at the board?
M Hebden vs S Conquest, 2003  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Recurring theme- Geller loses his queen again for the 3rd time
Geller vs Suetin, 1950  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 35 moves, 0-1
Taimanov decides that $400 is a great price for his death wish
Taimanov vs Matulovic, 1970  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0
Three fold what?
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ouch
Browne vs Karpov, 1977  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 38 moves, 0-1
Petrosian falls for a petty trap in the QGD
Kotov vs Petrosian, 1949  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 1-0
An example of the tactical prowess of modern GMs...
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1994  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Avoiding the perpetual, entering the swindle
Marshall vs K Treybal, 1930  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch's stubborness pays off after Bogo blunders
Tarrasch vs Bogoljubov, 1920  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
Ooops!
Adams vs Short, 1991  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Burned (pun shamelessly intended)
Chigorin vs Burn, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1
Kaspatzerov
Kasparov vs Speelman, 1989  (A81) Dutch, 47 moves, 0-1
"Why must I draw with this idiot??" (Because *I'm* an idiot!)
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (A91) Dutch Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sportsmanship in the royal game
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1
A funny tactic
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
Sheer embarrassment
Miles vs L Christiansen, 1987  (C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
One of the funniest games ever
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Intimacy between monarchs... ;-)
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
"13. Rfd1? is a classic example of "Wrong Rook"! - RT
Capablanca vs Tarrasch, 1914  (C49) Four Knights, 83 moves, 0-1
An amusing ring around the rosy after 40. Rg5+
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1974  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 43 moves, 1-0
So much for symmetry
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
"Not much good comes of this"
Englisch vs Blackburne, 1883  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
What a silly game!
Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Stupid computers
Deep Junior vs Deep Fritz, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 109 moves, 1-0
Grandmasters having a sense of humor
Grischuk vs Svidler, 2003  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
According to Nimzo, pushing pawns is bad, therefore...
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
11... Ke7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! simply boggles the mind
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1993  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 49 moves, 0-1
But I don't want her!
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
One can only imagine Kasparov's sizzling face after this game
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
When pins aren't pins
Tarrasch vs B Richter, 1883  (A84) Dutch, 20 moves, 0-1
"Stupid!"
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
14...Bd6!?!?!?!?!?!?!? is a hilarious attempt to milk Kasparov
Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Krazy!
Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
What do you do when you blunder away a piece? Sac another one!
Karpov vs Polgar, 1999  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik gets shake-speared
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2002  (E15) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Blunder after blunder after blunder after blunder after...
H Stefansson vs Karpov, 2004  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
Dude, where's the queen?
Korchnoi vs Bronstein, 1959  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
Not the correct way to draw against Capablanca...
Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
"I still have time for Reshevsky!"
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1967  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Theory versus practice
Fine vs Najdorf, 1949  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 71 moves, 0-1
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