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Nice puns
Compiled by D.Observer
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On this collection, I included games that had nice puns.

Winsome wins none?!
M Watai vs W R Stretch, 1976 
(C45) Scotch Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Fire!!
Steinitz vs P Duffy, 1865 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Battle of the woods
P Littlewood vs D Norwood, 1985 
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 43 moves, 0-1

Short half-life?
B Beffie vs W Schelfhout, 1915  
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Nowhere to hide
D Dengler vs H Olschok, 2000 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 1-0

The Pawnshop
S Erenburg vs Fridman, 2005 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

The Turk's conquest
Napoleon Bonaparte vs The Turk, 1809 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Three is not enough
F Riemann vs Koeltsch / Pfeiffer / Roesner, 1873 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

The World is not Enough?
The World vs Kosteniuk, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1

You Look First
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0

Barking at the Wrong Tree
Rozentalis vs B Barth Sahl, 1988 
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Six pawns attack
H Johner vs E Diemer, 1956 
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1

The Gibbon's Business
B Gibbons vs C Hansen, 1988 
(B53) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Baby New Year
I Nyzhnyk vs D Baider, 2006 
(C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0

Sniping rooks
F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007 
(B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

The end of the road
S Polgar vs Endrody, 1977 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

Six horses' mate
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1

Battle of the masters
A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2001 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

The WRIGHT Escape HATCH
E E Wright vs H Hatch, 1965 
(B56) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0

Game of the Millenium?!
I Ivanov vs V Mezentsev, 2000 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

A mirror game
A Lindstrom vs Tarrasch, 1911 
(C49) Four Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

War of the Cities
New Haven vs Hartford, 1963 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 0-1

A backfiring bayonet
Nakamura vs E Inarkiev, 2003 
(E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1

Meet me at the corner.
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

Horses meet
Geller vs E Etcheverry, 1954 
(E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 28 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense?
Karpov vs Hort, 1978 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

The Revenge of the World
The World vs A Nickel, 2006 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0

On an Easter Sunday...
J Langreck vs J Easter, 1997 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

April Fools!
E Schiller vs H Pack, 1969 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0

Where's the hammer?!
A Hollis vs B Hammar, 1977 
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

It's halloween
J Ost-Hansen vs Nunn, 1974 
(C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 0-1

Too much copying\
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900 
(C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

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