100...Kg5??? And what about the rook on a1?
P H Nielsen vs Karjakin, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 101 moves, 1-0
Spassky losing his knight by Scholar“s Mate threat
H Lieb vs Spassky, 1979  (C26) Vienna, 24 moves, 1-0
Bb4? Self-mate by Chigorin.
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
Trapped Queen
Nunn vs K Georgiev, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
S*** happens - particularly if the game is blindfolded
Karpov vs Sadler, 1998  (A06) Reti Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
Again Chigorin!
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
One more self-mate
Karpov vs Bareev, 1994  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 1-0
Karpov in a bad mood
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993  (E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0
Mate?No, just a queen loss
Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 40 moves, 0-1
One more queen
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2001  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 14 moves, 1-0
Was Anand drunk?????
A Zapata vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
And Short self-mates himself
Short vs Beliavsky, 1992  (C48) Four Knights, 58 moves, 0-1
Three big blunders in one game between two great players
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 34 moves, 0-1
24..cxd5?, 25..bxd5?
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 29 moves, 1-0
Missed fork
Adams vs Leko, 1996  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Poor Katy... :-(
Lagno vs Areshchenko, 2003  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 0-1
Wth happened to Karjakin here?
Karjakin vs T L Petrosian, 2005  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1
Qf8?? Probably the most fatal blunder in Carlsen's career
Carlsen vs Bareev, 2005  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
A one-move-blundered Queen at GM level? Yes!!!
L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
Magnus? It can't be true!
Carlsen vs M Gagunashvili, 2006  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 65 moves, 0-1
Petrosian
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1
Qxa2??
Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
Qf8??
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
24.exd4??
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1
Mate in ONE
Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
Ehrm, Pari, wasn't it mate? And what did Rg1 mean at all?
Negi vs Lagno, 2006  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lost Draw
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2007  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0
Rf1??
K Urban vs Naiditsch, 2007  (A15) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Bent Larsen
S Giardelli vs Larsen, 2004  (A47) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0
A mistake which he won't make in the next 70 years?
Portisch vs Spassky, 2007  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 25 moves, 1-0
Spassky III
Spassky vs Karpov, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
Mate in 1 missed by both players.
F Bellini vs V Gashimov, 2002  (B30) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bd6??
Motylev vs Carlsen, 2007  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 35 moves, 0-1
Qxh5 makes it complete
D Donchev vs Topalov, 1989  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 19 moves, 1-0
Kasparov
Anand vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 54 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Short vs Chiburdanidze, 1985  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 31 moves, 0-1
stalemate
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
stalemate 2
Karpov vs Polgar, 1998  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Blundering Thrice (black 28, white 30, white 37)
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2008  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 0-1
Ke5?? Some say worst, but game #1 is much worse:)
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2008  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 80 moves, 1-0
Queen
Bacrot vs E Inarkiev, 2008  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 23 moves, 0-1
Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2009  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Helpmate in one
Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 69 moves, 0-1
A blunder by a computer!
P Lafuente vs Shredder, 2005  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 52 moves, 1-0
Moves 59+
J Zawadzka vs E Paehtz, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
One-move blunder on move 11
Stripunsky vs Onischuk, 2012  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 11 moves, 0-1
One-move blundered queen (black's 34th, the opponent misses it)
J Emma vs Stein, 1966  (B50) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mate in two missed by both
Rubinstein vs Nimzowitsch, 1912  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 50 moves, 1-0
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs H Wang, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
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