The first and only double-cross in chess history
P Ware vs J Grundy, 1880  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 0-1
Winawer wins with an illegal move
J Mason vs Winawer, 1883  (C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1
Burn couldn't light his pipe
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
'With Wolf I make draw when I want to, not when he wants to!'
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C10) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Marshall's elbow
J Esser vs Marshall, 1911  (C15) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's plagiarism
Alekhine vs E E Book, 1938  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
Najdorf's bet
Fine vs Najdorf, 1949  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 71 moves, 0-1
Fischer touches his Pawn
Unzicker vs Fischer, 1960  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
Alekhine throws his King
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1
Mieses fails against the tail-ender of the tournament
Gunsberg vs J Mieses, 1903  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 50 moves, 1-0
Reti forgets he had moved the Rook
Torre vs Reti, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Frank vs N Meyberg, 1992  (C46) Three Knights, 37 moves, 0-1
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
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