"Place the board so that the sun is in your opponent's eyes." Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0 "Saw it. Went home." Von Bardeleben leaves without resigning. Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Burn fails to light his pipe against Marshall. Marshall vs Burn, 1900   (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0 Marco gives Marshall a hangover before the game... G Marco vs Marshall, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0 Marshall gets showered with gold coins. S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Alekhine resigns...by throwing his king... Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1 The Immortal "WHY MUST I LOSE TO THIS IDIOT?!!" Game. Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1925  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0 Kmoch's hilarious parody of Nimzo. Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 The wife and mistress in the same playing hall. Poor Don Jose. Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0 There's nothing like a good cigar...(thanks, suenteus) Marshall vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (A47) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0 Maroczy challenges Nimzo to a duel (and not on the chessboard). Nimzowitsch vs Maroczy, 1931  (A04) Reti Opening, 48 moves, 1-0 The Ugly Alekhine: "I taught the old Jew a lesson". Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0 Drunk as a Skunk I. Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 41 moves, 1-0 Capa's birthday present. Alekhine walks out of the party... Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0 Capablanca no-shows for his (last) scheduled game with Alekhine Alekhine vs A Lopez Arce, 1939  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0 The "Ladies' Man" gets distracted by female onlookers. Capablanca vs Najdorf, 1939  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 Drunk as a Skunk II. Alekhine vs E Gomez, 1941  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1 Infamous Arbiter L. Walter Stephens forfeits the wrong player. Reshevsky vs Denker, 1942  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 45 moves, 1-0 Don't tempt fate! Fine bets Najdorf $200 on a drawn endgame. Fine vs Najdorf, 1949  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 71 moves, 0-1 Bronstein daydreams about the opening...and loses the ending. Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 57 moves, 0-1 Benko wears shades to shield himself from Tal's glare. Tal vs Benko, 1959  (B27) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 Post-adjournment, Bot shows up without coffee, and swindles Tal Tal vs Botvinnik, 1961  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 121 moves, 1/2-1/2 Keres makes Benko lose on time. But revenge is sweet... Keres vs Benko, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0 Fischer falls asleep. Reshevsky, to his sorrow, wakes him up. Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1963  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 0-1 Fischer shows up late, blitzes Reshevsky, who leaves in a huff. Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1967  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik: "Who's this punk on our team?" Smyslov vs Gufeld, 1967  (A15) English, 35 moves, 0-1 The kibitzing Mrs. Petrosian intervenes against Fischer. Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970  (C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1 Power's out, stage is dark. Bobby's clock is kept running... Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0 Fischer's tantrum leaves him 0 and 2. Was he faking? Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1 Korchnoi to arbiter: "Can I castle if my rook is attacked?" Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974  (E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi attacked by hypnotist. Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi threatens hypnotist with bodily injury. Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1 Purdy, to the last full measure... C Purdy vs I Parsonage, 1979  (E49) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System, 33 moves, The Hungarian Hun brawls with the Rumbler from the Bronx. Adorjan vs Fedorowicz, 1981  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 1-0 Yaz almost socks Garry on the jaw. Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1988  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0 Kasparov accidentally underpromotes...well, not quite. Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1 Death threats from Kamsky Sr. are tough on one's chess... Kamsky vs Short, 1994  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 26 moves, 1-0 Garry subsequently accused the programmers of cheating. Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 19 moves, 1-0 Pono forfeits after his cell phone goes off... E Agrest vs Ponomariov, 2003  (A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0 The Great Toilet Tantrum. Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1 A New Opening: Handshake Gambit Declined. Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (B20) Sicilian, 1 moves, 1-0 And a dramatic sequel the following day. Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 72 moves, 1-0 42 games