QS castling mate
L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
17.0-0-0 also mates
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Interesting draw...
Albin vs A Csank, 1890  (C13) French, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
2 Bs sacrifice
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Draw: Short-ed to draw
Short vs Seirawan, 1986  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Colle - Delvaux
Colle vs J Delvaux, 1929  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Cole's double Bs sac
Colle vs J J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
"Self-mate"
X Zhao vs Karjakin, 2005  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 60 moves, 0-1
Mated by Knight
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
Mated by Pawn!
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Unappreciated masterpiece
O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1
Draw: Pinning the heavy pieces
Short vs Adams, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Oh mercy!
Beliavsky vs Tal, 1981  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Queen owns the castles and the knight
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Exchanging out of hand
Shirov vs Kasparov, 1996  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Or else mate
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: I'll be damned!
Gelfand vs Yusupov, 1992  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Interesting exchange sac
Szabo vs Dake, 1935  (B40) Sicilian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Something to get even
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: 2 Qs ain't enough to break fortress
A Kosten vs R Zelcic, 1992  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Get away with bad exchange sac
Portisch vs Kavalek, 1975  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw: Swindling a World Champ
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate: "Killed" by greed
Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate: Rookie kicks Bishop's and Knights' Asses
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate: Overconfidence backfire
J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate: "Ouch!"
Karpov vs Polgar, 1998  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Q-sac, but then not quite...
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
The pin game
V Green vs Steinitz, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 0-1
Endgame: Intuition fails
Dolmatov vs Yusupov, 1991  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 1-0
Benko defeating crazy moves!
Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
Alekhine: Sorry, but you're mated in 10!
Alekhine vs M Prat, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Stunning combination!
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Interesting draw
Tal vs Aronin, 1957  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another interesting draw
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990  (E92) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stalemate
W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
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