Manos - the hands that blunder
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Can it get worst than this? Maybe no. 1 can
S M Iglesias vs L Carrera-Casado, 2001  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
A new opening concept, unfortunately unsuccessful
O Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
Greco's opponent had no clue on what was awaiting him
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
Greco wins in "style" again
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Another worthy member
B Wall vs Bridgemen, 1996  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0
A really bad example of a Steinitzian king
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1
Fool's mate. What more needs to be said?
W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Another fool. Oh, well...
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
The knight's gambit in the Latvian gambit
D Tobor vs W Stamer, 1984  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 3 moves, 0-1
Probably the king's rook gambit
J Norlin vs Guraj, 1974  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 3 moves, 0-1
The original Djordjevic bishop sacrifice
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1
Greed is not one of the 7 deadly sins for nothing
J Krejcik vs S Takacs, 1920  (A06) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Nothing for sins deadly 7 the of one not is greed
S Takacs vs J Krejcik, 1920  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
One of the many brilliances of prince Dadian of Mingrelia
Prince Dadian vs Kreutzahler, 1891  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
Andrey Dadian style, once again
Prince Dadian vs Kolisch, 1867  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Terrible Victor
Korchnoi vs Kasparian, 1950  (B10) Caro-Kann, 38 moves, 0-1
Another one of Steinitz's disciples that gets it wrong
Y Afek vs M Kotliar, 1986  (C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0
From hero to zero
J L Burden vs L Christiansen, 1992  (B06) Robatsch, 68 moves, 0-1
Where did Black copy that from?
J Dekker vs R Copier, 1996  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
I know it's blitz, but still
Reshevsky vs Korchnoi, 1970  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Forked on move 4
M Mas vs R Guerrero, 1991  (C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
How not to play the King's Gambit
N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1
Yet another fool
H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Another Steinitz's disciple, who wasn't paying attention
E Schiller vs H Pack, 1969  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0
The shortest master game ever or a hoax?
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Azma turned to plasma
Azmaiparashvili vs R Sergejev, 2001  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 17 moves, 0-1
And he beat Steinitz in their other game?!
Steinitz vs P Ware, 1882  (B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0
Never be too creative in the opening
A Kuebler vs D Gerasimov, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
An early and unsuccessful gambit
D Cinca vs T Heedt, 2004  (B15) Caro-Kann, 5 moves, 0-1
Losing to NN in such fashion is difficult to top
NN vs E Fossan, 1991  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
The art of losing the impossible
S Blaas vs P Pancras, 1996  (C58) Two Knights, 59 moves, 0-1
You win! No, you win! No, go ahead. No, I insist. Ok, if I must
E Repkova vs Kosteniuk, 2006  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 80 moves, 0-1
Know When To Resign
Mednis vs Lombardy, 1978  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 90 moves, 1-0
It takes style to lose like this
W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
How can Black fall for that?!
P Morriss vs J McDonnell, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 4 moves, 1-0
What was Black (not) thinking?
Hector vs J Vidarsson, 1996  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 9 moves, 1-0
Whoops!
A Hobber vs E Pitts, 2006  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
Bridge over troubled Waters
C Waters vs A Jackson, 2001  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 21 moves, 0-1
Suicide in 7
H van Steenis vs T Wechsler, 1947  (C01) French, Exchange, 7 moves, 1-0
A double rook sac gone bad (and he could have drawn!)
Steinitz vs Winawer, 1882  (C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
27.? White to play and lose immediatly
T Thiel vs Nijboer, 1999  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 0-1
White wins a whole rook, but can't convert
P Horn vs Shabalov, 1992  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another one forgetting Qa5+
Shuler vs C S Hall, 1990  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
This is what drinking too much whiskey can do to you
J McGrouther vs R McCann, 1893  (B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
Chigorin gets creative
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
A double gambit gone wrong
K Kanakari vs M Bartel, 2006  (A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Marshall apparently doesn't know how to Tango
Marshall vs Torre, 1925  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 7 moves, 0-1
Maybe it was the Kavorka, but still...
Capablanca vs A Kramer, 1914  (C26) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1
A crime against chess
A Matanovic vs J H Donner, 1965  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1
That's BS, BR
B R vs A Wagner, 1902  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1
All credit to Ehlvest, but what the hell was Kramnik doing?
Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1995  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
This is one for the Museum of Bad Art
R Blau vs A Ammann, 1993  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
A "miraculous" save by White
M Boudechiche vs A Debbeche, 2000  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0
A "sacrifice" that didn't really work
O Garcia Vera vs R Grau, 1929  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1
Superpin
A Ebralidze vs Ragozin, 1937  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
J Joguet vs J Walid, 1992  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
L Lalla vs V A Martin, 2005  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
T Gareyev vs Robson, 2015  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
S Williams vs D Howell, 2015  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
G Bailey vs E Fischvogt, 1999  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0
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