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Bizzare Chess Records
Compiled by Arbitrarily0
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Bizzare chess occurrences from around the ages. Enjoy!

Longest Recorded Game: 269 moves (just to draw!)
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989 
(E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2

Longest Decisive but Captureless Game: 31 moves
R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Shortest Decisive Tournament Game: 3 moves, black wins
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1

Shortest 64-Square Game: In 81 moves every square was used
M Rantanen vs S Smiltiner, 1958 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 87 moves, 1-0

Earliest Promoted Pawns: 4 queens by move 7
T Casper vs K Heckert, 1975 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Most Immobile King: 136 turns without moving
Mackenzie vs Mason, 1882 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2

Most Passed Pawns: 9, black had 5, white had 4
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

Most Adjacent Pawns on 7th Rank: 4 for black
F J Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Earliest Trapped Queen: Black's in 10 moves
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

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