The king was misplaced
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Jadoubovic
Matulovic vs I Bilek, 1967  (B33) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Bronstein, 1954  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
18-minute thought to play 1...c5
Gipslis vs Bronstein, 1958  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 54 moves, 1-0
Bought for $400?
Taimanov vs Matulovic, 1970  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0
Capa had the Mayor of Havana clear out the playing hall
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1913  (C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 0-1
This single olympic loss made Petrosian furious
Huebner vs Petrosian, 1972  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 1-0
"No, it was a true Estonian game!"
Keres vs J Sajtar, 1954  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine threw his king across the playing hall
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1
For whom the phone tolls
E Agrest vs Ponomariov, 2003  (A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Bogo thinks two hours and blunder a piece (24th move)
L Steiner vs Bogoljubov, 1928  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 1-0
Touch-move (74th Black's move)
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2016  (E15) Queen's Indian, 83 moves, 1-0
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