Premature push
Jansa vs W N Watson, 1991  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Missed stalemate defense
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1905  (C00) French Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Double oversight
Kasparov vs Bacrot, 2004  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Time trouble equals trouble
Kasparov vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003  (C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 1-0
Close, but not close enough
Ed. Lasker vs Marshall, 1923  (C48) Four Knights, 41 moves, 0-1
51. Rd2? Rook out!
G Stoltz vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 0-1
Quo vadis, Black king?
Marshall vs Janowski, 1906  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 72 moves, 1-0
Gaffe by Jaffe
C Jaffe vs Marshall, 1909  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 0-1
No opposition
L Engels vs L Roux Cabral, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
Out of the fire and into the frying pan
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1911  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Simplifying to the wrong ending
A Yusupov vs Ljubojevic, 1992  (A43) Old Benoni, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Corner Pocket
I Rogers vs Shirov, 1990  (B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 65 moves, 1-0
Stale finish to it all
Huebner vs Adorjan, 1980  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Missed by *that* much
Karpov vs Polugaevsky, 1983  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1-0
Costly pawn
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1963  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 0-1
Look again, Mr. Korchnoi
R G Wade vs Korchnoi, 1960  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
"Surprised to see me, Mr. Anderssen?"
Anderssen vs Winawer, 1878  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Every Russian schoolboy knows this. Problem is, he's Ukrainian.
Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2004  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0
Blah-tny
I Stohl vs Blatny, 1988  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rook folly
D Przepiorka vs Burn, 1912  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 52 moves, 0-1
Check, please!
B Larsen vs E Torre, 1973  (A10) English, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2
World Championship match?
Kasparov vs Short, 1993  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 52 moves, 1-0
Time to Chekhov another one
V Chekhov vs V Eingorn, 1984  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 59 moves, 0-1
Long Volkov a short pier
Bologan vs S Volkov, 2005  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 90 moves, 1/2-1/2
The day the chess died
Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005  (B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Two wrong steps
Bronstein vs Romanishin, 1975  (B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 1-0
Too close to Dusan
Velimirovic vs D Sekulic, 1993  (B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
In-Capa-ble
Capablanca vs Menchik, 1929  (A14) English, 64 moves, 1-0
When not to play for the win
Minasian vs Van Wely, 2005  (B33) Sicilian, 75 moves, 0-1
Go sit in the Bacrot
Kharlov vs Bacrot, 2004  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 76 moves, 1-0
Levon in a huff
Aronian vs Bacrot, 2005  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0
Barrel-Olafsson
H Olafsson vs Ivanchuk, 1990  (A25) English, 90 moves, 0-1
T Ernst vs I Stohl, 1992  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vaganian vs F Hellers, 1990  (A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1-0
Not all rook endgames are drawn
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2007  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 47 moves, 1-0
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