twopenny sac trap catches Keres in endgame mate Keres vs I Raud, 1929  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 0-1 an immortal draw-in the future tense Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 a stalemate trap and maximummer problem-in a game Znosko-Borovsky vs Salwe, 1907  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 black,a rook up,has to depend on a blunder and a queen sac P Motwani vs P Roca, 1986  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 with his protector blocked-the trapped rook falls Ivanchuk vs V Moskalenko, 1988  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0 a double-cross form of interference Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914   (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 STUCK-white is unable to move either rook or knight!! A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1 a reverse Legal-was it played on Elm Street? NN vs P Krueger, 1920  (B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 0-1 unusual rook trap by queen M Galyas vs J Boguszlavszkij, 2001  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 24 moves, 1-0 white had double check,trips,and was Champ- and lost! Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1 triangulation strangulation B Alterman vs Karpov, 1995  (E15) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1 black finishes up eight pawns to three Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 the queen (s)mother(ed) in seven! Vasiukov vs S Giterman, 1960  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 8 moves, 1-0 king is chased across every rank and every file Szabo vs Euwe, 1946  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 Black draw despite having two seventh rank pawns vs a rook!!! Keres vs Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 queen sac acts like rib-spreader,going straight to blacks heart V Kovacevic vs S Martinovic, 1981  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 28 moves, 1-0 a wall that NONE can penetrate! A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 early queen sac-promotion-late stalemate trap avoided F Elsness vs N Borge, 1995  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 54 moves, 0-1 rook dosen't guard queen and queen cannot hold rook C Wallwork vs Duras, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 26 moves, 0-1 black has FIVE rook pawn at move forty. A Blees vs I Rogers, 1991  (E91) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 white misses mate in one-executes mate on same square later D Andric vs L Santolini, 1981  (B55) Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 consecutive rook captures at e6,f6,f7,e7 Mamedyarov vs Kharlov, 2006  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0 big,bad goof at the end B Finegold vs Kaidanov, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 54 moves, 0-1 Tiger beats shredder in comp game-two rook sac Shredder vs Gambit Tiger, 2001  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 63 moves, 0-1 king chased to a1-black's that is- D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 bishop and queen dominate dark squares. king unprotected. Tartakower vs D Przepiorka, 1925  (C15) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 1-0 NN defeated by PPPPP in wild finish R Lahaye vs L Zimmermann, 2001  (A22) English, 64 moves, 1-0 mate delivered from b6 and h8-without moving those pieces J J Hastings vs A P Law, 1994  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1 white's crushing threat is met by mate in two! S Nedeljkovic vs M Udovcic, 1951  (C41) Philidor Defense, 60 moves, 0-1 rook sac imprisons white's bishop and rook R P Michell vs Tartakower, 1925  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 0-1 take my queen please-but her shadow will kill you! L Trent vs D Tan, 2002  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 two interlocking pawn chains-with open diagonal in between D Harika vs Z Rahman, 2004  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 49 moves, 1-0 a long king chase leads to mate by castling L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1 delayed action windwill-gobbles up knight and queen Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 white wins a queen but not before sac-ing his own H Schussler vs Y Rantanen, 1977  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 a position to gladden the heart-if it don't break it S F Lebedev vs S Izbinsky, 1903  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 15 moves, 1-0 Noah's Ark trap for eleven moves E Prie vs M Santo-Roman, 1997  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0 K vs K opposition on move 12!!! NN vs Bronstein, 1954  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1 Piket's charge:to force Q to g8 and K to h8 Piket vs Kramnik, 1999  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 Rf7+ wins in three variations for different reasons Ribli vs Karpov, 1980  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0 to expect one mate...queen sac followed by pawn mate! S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001  (A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1 Fastest stalemate: 9.5 moves!! J Upmark vs Robin Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 both stalemate and checkmate traps-but fall short J Boudy Bueno vs Szabo, 1979  (B56) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1-0 Castling uses weapon of double attack O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0 Reti-Tartakower-version #336 J Krejcik vs J Thirring, 1898  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1 white "sacs" queen to win opponents queen Beliavsky vs P Popovic, 1982  (D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0 Bogie:a victim of geometric logic Koltanowski vs H Bogart, 1952  (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 double attack of equals on equals. C Bouton vs T Grabuzova, 2000  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0 a king chase to and up the a-file P W Power vs K Jensen, 1977  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 18 moves, 1-0 white dare not capture twice-attacked queen/later takes TWO S J Solomon vs P Garbett, 1983  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1-0 two rooks cannot stop one lonely pawn Grischuk vs Rublevsky, 2007  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0 where two bishops can dominate two rooks G Taylor vs B Knapper, 1997  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 inverted interposition with check J W Baird vs Spielmann, 1905  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 a quiet-aggressive final move Spielmann vs H Gebhard-Elsass, 1926  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 white's king caught on outside of castle Piket vs R Douven, 1988  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1 queen and SIX pawns vs two rooks. Glek vs A Rustemov, 2003  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 1-0 Lucena's only game:alas,not his winning position. Lucena vs Quintana, 1515  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 After move 28 five white pieces on first row-in diff. positions P Charbonneau vs Anand, 2006  (B44) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0 black gives up both rooks-then forces draw! Geller vs Golombek, 1952  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 white lays odds of KRP Rybka vs Ehlvest, 2007  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0 movers:white's KN 8x Black pawns 12x NN vs E Diemer, 1984  (A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1 e2-where pieces come to be sacrificed!! Estrin vs R Strand, 1966  (C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1 epaulette mate-on the bias V Kravchenko vs E Vorobiov, 2000  (C41) Philidor Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 a kamikazi rook-stalemate problem K Wockenfuss vs Andersson, 1977  (B10) Caro-Kann, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2 bishop trapped by direct attack or skewer Korchnoi vs Averbakh, 1959  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 43 moves, 0-1 rook rolls along seventh rank Rubinstein vs NN, 1903  (000) Chess variants, 22 moves, 1-0 five pairs of pieces next to each other-a sixth very close K Georgiev vs C Ionescu, 1986  (B40) Sicilian, 53 moves, 1-0 three pins for the price of one! A Medina Garcia vs Andersson, 1974  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1 Kaspy wins with trips on black squares. L Christiansen vs Kasparov, 1982  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 40 moves, 0-1 black barred from best move-by threefold draw rule. Alburt vs A J Mestel, 1984  (E73) King's Indian, 61 moves, 0-1 even underpromotion cannot save white Karjakin vs Anand, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1 black pieces look like they are in a snowglobe Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0 black has "bad" bishop and "bad Knight"-can't stop P!!! Chandler vs M Steadman, 2008  (C14) French, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0 longest WC game on record-and one of the stupidest Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 124 moves, 1/2-1/2 desperado! white thrusts the rook in for the kill Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 R+R+N def Q T Draisma vs G Welling, 1980  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 70 moves, 0-1 R+R+N redux:Kinte's revenge V Voskanian vs A Kunte, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 0-1 shuffle off to Buffalo Team White vs Team Black, 2007  (000) Chess variants, 33 moves, 0-1 white faces a double check-and IGNORES it A Soltis vs D Gurevich, 1981  (B89) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0 consecutive rook sacs in series. L Schmid vs Rossolimo, 1949  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1 black could have saved the game with a promotion-missed it B Coraretti vs I Schneider, 2007  (C13) French, 27 moves, 0-1 white's "chess brain" suffers stroke-no movement e-h files I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1 two rook sac triggered by an unsupported pin. Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1 double queen sac leads to two artistic mates. I Ivanov vs Kudrin, 1989  (A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0 Only Q vs BB ending in database!!! P Thoren vs V Faibisovich, 1998  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 78 moves, 0-1 knight left en prise of 27 moves-but it was taboo Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1986  (A04) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 those staid triplets. No pawns moved on c-file F Vallejo Pons vs Naiditsch, 2007  (C57) Two Knights, 29 moves, 1-0 a quadratic chess problem J Kourek vs P Chrz, 1994  (E72) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1 computer gone wild!! Bronstein vs Fidelity, 1991  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 51 moves, 1-0 two windmills:one for the show-one for the dough R Bancod vs M K A Russell, 2007  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1 the white king moves nineteen times-valderee,valderah! H Danielsen vs R Pokorna, 2003  (A02) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 white misses queen sac mate in two Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0 bishop moves to discover check! TWICE w different bishops!! Liu Wenzhe vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0 white donates a queen to "the cause" La Raza K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0 we get our queen! divert the pinner or ewmove the guard!!! Suba vs Portisch, 1984  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 0-1 after black's 27th,both sides have triplets Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954  (C15) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 black sacs queen-but can end two pieces ahead! V Malakhatko vs Timoshenko, 2003  (C59) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1 Rogers involved in tripled rook pawns again I Rogers vs Beliavsky, 1996  (C28) Vienna Game, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 each side-in turn-saves game by abandoning the queen Kupreichik vs N Rashkovsky, 1986  (B57) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1 white agrees to draw after missing mate in three! M Gurevich vs R Ovetchkin, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 three moves made-three more to mate Mogusar vs T L Trippe, 1984  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1 underpromotion---and loss. Mate by two minors. E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili, 2003  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0 triplets win! Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1918   (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 49 moves, 1-0 rook-from northeast to southwest in two moves Alekhine vs O Chajes, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 64 moves, 1-0 en passant capture leads to double attack M Texeira vs W J Jordan, 1999  (B15) Caro-Kann, 18 moves, 1-0 six mate threats after move 14 H Ohman vs G Buck, 1931  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0 you've got to be kidding! M Abbink vs R Witt, 1996  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0 STOP! Drawn by fifty move rule!!! Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2 leading with the king M Rohde vs S Polgar, 1992  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 30 moves, 1-0 both sides offer queen-at the sting of immediate mate. Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942  (B15) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0 pawnless but not hopeless! Bronstein vs K Darga, 1964  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0 111 games