All the pieces on the board, and....A DRAW IN JUST 13 MOVES!?
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Open files can be useful to mate the king...or for drawing...
Adorjan vs Karpov, 1967  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
Having extra material but it's all asphyxiated...
A Petrov vs P Journoud, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
The pair of bishops...unforgivable...
Sax vs Seirawan, 1988  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
I don't worry... the king has nowhere to escape...
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
The third knight saves the day...!
L Day vs Timman, 1980  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
Welcome, bishops number #3 and #4...
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hey white, it's a draw or your "new" queen
V F Titenko vs J Murey, 1963  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
41...Rxh5+!!, 43...Nh5+!! and 45...Qg2+!!.....Beatiful!
S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
A "new" variant in the Petrov defense
I A Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
The shortest game drawn by perpetual!
Winawer vs S Rosenthal, 1883  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stop dancing so stupid, black knight...
Anand vs Kramnik, 1999  (C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
That's a very "offering lady"
Portisch vs Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
the queen has the last word: draw by perpetual or by stalemate
J Pribyl vs A Ornstein, 1977  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bad girl, bad girl...
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
White's last resource...
J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
A deadly race to atack opponent's king ends in a draw...
Kramnik vs Anand, 2004  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
the crazy rook-go-round...!
Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
An "offered rook"...
Miles vs S Rachels, 1989  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
"The Swindle of the Century"
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
41...Rh1+!! and 43...Rh1+!!....Awesome!
Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
45.Qb6+??......."Dizziness to success"
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Draw or I win the "eating-poison-pawns" queen
M Walter vs G Nagy, 1924  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
A "wrong" combination that ended in stalemate
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
The "third sense" of the rook...
W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
15.Nd6+!
Torre vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
What the....!?
Janosevic vs Geller, 1968  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 1/2-1/2
Great players, great tournaments....and "really great" draws
Karpov vs Leko, 1995  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 1 moves, 1/2-1/2
A charming draw (27.Kf1?? g2++)
G MacDonnell vs Anderssen, 1862  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
The longest chess game (and it's a draw!)
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2
A double exchange sacrifice that ends in a charming draw-
Z Zhang vs Sasikiran, 2006  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
43...Nxa4!! forces a theorical draw...!
Euwe vs Sultan Khan, 1932  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
59...Bxe6!! and who will be able to remove the king from h8
Euwe vs Sultan Khan, 1932  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
The first consultation match of chessgames....Amazing!
M Ronteltap / Allies vs R Barber / Allies, 2006  (B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
84.Rb3!! (Either 84...Kxb3 or 84...Rxb3 it's stalemate)
E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Luck of the Draw
Koblents vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
They say that to advance you must retreat sometimes...
J C Gonzalez Zamora vs T Luther, 2003  (D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2
22.Rh3!! and it's a draw (24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Bg6+ etc.)
S Siebrecht vs Timman, 2006  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
53...Rxh7!!
Van Wely vs Leko, 1996  (A48) King's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
55.Rb8+! (55...Kxb8 56.d8=Q+; 55...Kc7 56.d8=Q++)
Gruenfeld vs Saemisch, 1925  (E90) King's Indian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
32...Rf2!(34...Rxb2+ 35.Kc1 Rc2+ 36.Kd1? Nb2+ 37.Ke1 Nxd3+(-+))
Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Just watch it and Llov-et(love it)
M Monticelli vs V Marin y Llovet, 1927  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
55.h4!
Torre vs Marshall, 1925  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
45...a6! Saving resources!
Capablanca vs Torre, 1925  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
55.b6??(55.Kf1 +-) allows the drawing shot 55...Re1+!!
Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1906  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
The ending Queen VS Rook is winning....sometimes!
Salov vs Korchnoi, 1997  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Towers Of Strenght
Averbakh vs Bondarevsky, 1948  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Emm....nice draw
S Halkias vs J Emms, 2000  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
36.Qxa6!! The Swindle of the 2006 World Championship
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
I haven't stopped laughing of this...:-)
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Evening Post
E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Wall of Berlin
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
93.Qf2!!
C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
22...e4!!
Simagin vs Aronin, 1947  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
No one can abandon the first rank!
Karpov vs A Timofeev, 2007  (D85) Grunfeld, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Can't Erwin 'Em All
L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
73 consecutive moves of the Queen!
Mackenzie vs J Mason, 1882  (C41) Philidor Defense, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2
I have a lot of patience for tough game...and also all my pawns
Z Zhang vs G Timoscenko, 2002  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 115 moves, 1/2-1/2
Don't you accept the draw? My wife will force you!
O'Kelly vs J Penrose, 1962  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chessmaster meets Webmaster
A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2002  (B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
23rd Century Chess
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Jakovenko vs Gelfand, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Mitrofanov Deflection followed by a rook sac counter and draw
P S Leonhardt vs Tarrasch, 1920  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
21...Bxh3 leads to a ceasefire between 2 Rooks v. Rook+3 pawns
Short vs J Tisdall, 1985  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Birnbaum vs E Relange, 1995  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
White Rook Youth Club vs Tal, 1970  (C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
The brilliant defensive resource on ending...that could've been
E Najer vs Smirin, 2014  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 52 moves, 1-0
A neat drawish sequence...that missed the win moves before.
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tragedy of Rapids: White missed 2 brilliant Rook sacs to draw.
Topalov vs Nakamura, 2017  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2
Just your average medley of savagery on Sicilian Poisoned Pawn
Kavalek vs Fischer, 1967  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Seirawan vs Kasparov, 1989  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Kosten vs R Zelcic, 1992  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Stopa vs D Kuljasevic, 2007  (A60) Benoni Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Grischuk, 2013  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Z Gyimesi vs O Cvitan, 1994 (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Szalanczy vs T Nguyen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973  (B07) Pirc, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Escobar Forero vs T Wang, 2023  (B15) Caro-Kann, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Delgado Ramirez vs Pichot, 2014 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
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