Morphy had a thing for unconventional mates... Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 Hamppe's king walks on a knife edge. K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 Steel's king marches forth in the opening and conquers. R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Chigorin takes a page from Steel and Steinitz. Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 A symmetrical "four minor pieces" mate. Yeah, sure. S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1 Forget Desperate Housewives. Watch Desperate Rooks instead! E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 Ed Lasker steals a king in broad daylight. Ed. Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's five queen fantasy. Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0 Composed? Post-mortem? Who cares, it's still beautiful. E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 A tragicomical Nimzo-blockade. A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922   (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0 All out of moves on a full board. Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 Gibaud denied ever having fallen for this trap... A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 Capablanca's "V for Victory" formation. Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0 Bot's 19th century-style king hunt. Composed? You decide. Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0 Black is cruel to his horse. Call PETA... Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 Marshall pushes pawns...for 14 straight moves. Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 Spassky's 15th Move...Astonishing Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 The hyperaccelerated Gedult... D Gedult vs Schwarz, 1968  (B27) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0 The Great Wall of Chessboard A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Move 22: Karpov pretends he's playing FischerRandom... Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1 Hikaru has fun with the computer. Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 21 games