https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_pattern M Galyas vs J Bick, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 1 moves, 1-0 The alleged "shortest master game" at that time A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 Indian Game: Lazard Gambit (A45) 0-1 Addition to Lazard's Mini Montjanu vs Choare, 1948  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1 The shortest decisive master game (not a forfeit or protest) Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1 When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. Morphy vs NN, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0 Fischer Random Leko vs Adams, 2001  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 Fischer forks himself on the 13th move in namesake opening?!? Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1 Did Fischer have a perfect score with the English Opening?! Fischer vs Panno, 1970  (A10) English, 1 moves, 1-0 What wasn't playing against Petrov's Defense??! Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1 Fool's Mate L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1 Fool's Mate W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0 Fool's Mate: Bird's Opening Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990  (A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1 Fool's Mate: Black's mobile phone went off A Jain vs R Norinkeviciute, 2007  (B06) Robatsch, 2 moves, 1-0 Fool's Mate in 3 H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0 Carr Defense 1.e4 h6 2.b3 e6 (B00) 0-1; Q sac creates a passer F Babar vs M Basman, 1993  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1 Ware 1.a4 transposes to the Polish Opening. G Welling vs P A Boll, 1986  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2 Ware Opening 1.a4; Giuoco Piano gone bad. P Ware vs J Congdon, 1880  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2 How can he risk his pawn structure and survive the MG? P Ware vs E Delmar, 1880  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 57 moves, 0-1 Creepy Crawly miniature more like a Polish G Welling vs F Obers, 1992  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0 Van't Kruijs Opening 1.e3 (A00) 1-0 f6 is viable against b3 Owen vs Burn, 1875  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 50 moves, 1-0 Van't Kruijs Opening transposes to French Exchange 4.c4 Nf6 Tartakower vs H Fahrni, 1911  (C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1 Van't Kruijs Opening (A00)0-1 First castling on record; P storm NN vs Lucena, 1497  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 0-1 Unwise Opening beats Wise Man from the East. D Gedult vs Melchior, 1968  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 Gedult Opening/Barnes Opening 1.f3 turned into a gambit Boquay vs NN, 1864  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0 "Gedult Opening" transpose C-K Fantasy Var: 1e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Fine vs J Rappaport, 1931  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0 Barnes/Gedult Opening 1.f3? (A00) 0-1 Masterly foolishness B Schneider vs Van Wely, 2005  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1 Barnes Opening: Hammerschlag (A00) 1-0 Castle by hand S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Uncommon Opening, the worst defense (A00) · 1/2-1/2 D Alaslar vs B de Cat, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 Barnes Opening: Walkerling (A00) 1-0 1 defender isn't enough H Walkerling vs Nagy, 1930  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0 Bad 1...f6 (A00) 0-1 Exchanges aid Fried Fox defense?!?! R Kruis vs C van Dongen, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 80 moves, 0-1 Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1-0 White gains space A D Martin vs M Basman, 1984  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0 Saragossa Opening 1c3 (A00) 1-0 Played back in 1515 Lucena vs Quintana, 1515  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1-0 Transposes to Torre vs Tartak Hort vs P Cramling, 1984  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Saragossa Opening (A00) 1/2-1/2Gains time, Bs of same color EG Tartakower vs Reti, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Saragossa Opening (A00) 0-1 5 pawns on 3rd w/fianchetto loses R Ortega vs Ivkov, 1962  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 0-1 Saragossa Opening (A00) 1-0 Target the loose rook T Gelashvili vs I Chighladze, 2003  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0 That's what you get for not showing up. K Grigorian vs Savon, 1973  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 1 moves, 1-0 1.h4 Kadas Opening Miniature Outnumbered Capture w/Check G Welling vs E ten Haaf, 1981  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0 Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 1-0 Tranposes to Q Pawn J Hector vs P Boersma, 1986  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann 2.h4 (B10) 1-0 Exchanges change everything! U Stock vs A Nickel, 1989  (B10) Caro-Kann, 47 moves, 1-0 Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 1/2-1/2 R Fabry vs L Dobrovolsky, 1978  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kadas Opening 1.h4?! (A00) 1-0 Fritz played like a wood pusher E Nemeth vs Fritz, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 0-1 Weak pawn structure, blockade R Fabry vs Z Radojevic, 1978  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1 Van Geet (Dunst) (A00)1-0 Right-handed version of Legall's Mate D Moody vs S Bender, 1977  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1-0 Sodium Creepy Crawly; Black Combo Fails D Martinidesz vs S Docx, 1992  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0 Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 1-0 Plenty of counterplay Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0 Anderssen Opening 1.a3 /Creepy Crawly (A00) 1-0She grabbed a P R Lichtenscheidt vs J Kohtz, 1862  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Anderssen Opening (A00) 1/2-1/2 Read blogger notes Evans vs H Gordon, 1946  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kolty could sac! Koltanowski vs Love, 1949  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0 Grob Opening (A00) 1-0 Black opens w/10 straight pawn moves C Bloodgood vs L Bostic, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Grob Opening (A00) 0-1Nakamura drove computer crazy w/6 bishops Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1 Black resigns down a pawn thinking he'll lose more material Koltanowski vs NN, 1960  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 Unusual game w/a King shuffle R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1 Alexander Alekhine's Best Games, a stunning rook lift debated Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Clemenz Opening 1.h3 into Colle (A00) 1-0Terrific Kside attack Fine vs A Simonson, 1932  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0 Anti-computer strategy; Horsing around w/6 Kts...won't resign Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 Blackburne won a "Special Brilliancy Prize" for this game Blackburne vs Nimzowitsch, 1914  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Uncommon (A00) 1-0 Like a Lion/Philidor Defense Bxf7 E Reinhardt vs Reiss, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0 Amar Opening: Gent Gambit (A00) 1-0 Bad opening, good recovery G Welling vs T Peleman, 1986  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Earliest piece sac in the DB (exchange sac on move 2) A Smirnov vs V Shepelev, 2005  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0 Uncommon Opening (A00) · 1/2-1/2 Janosevic vs Geller, 1968  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006) 0-1 Photos Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1 Wall of Shame is a bad imitation of a White Hedgehog A00 0-1 13 O Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1 Link to "Memory and Chess" discusses Fischer's memory Fischer vs W Beach, 1963  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0 Hungarian Opening/Dbl Fio Reti (A00) 1-0 4Knights no guarantees M Hennigan vs Chandler, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 Hungarian Bg2, Bb2 v Dutch Stonewall (A00) 1/2-1/2 She's a 10 D Kokarev vs V Ponfilenok, 2010  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2 Polish Opening Exchange ML (A00) 0-1 En passant Mate! I Korepanova vs A Tishkov, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1 Polish 1.b4 c5 Birmingham Gambit (A00) 1-0 Swallow's Tail # B Tiller vs L Lovik, 2009  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0 Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly (A06) 0-1 4 in the b-file O Gritsayeva vs O Girya, 2014  (A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1 Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Notes by Eric Schiller D D van Geet vs Guyt, 1967   (A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 1-0 Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Good shooting Emperor! Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804  (C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0 Van Geet (Dunst): Reversed Nimzowitsch (A00) 1-0 Legall's Mate O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense (A00) N McInnes vs B de Cat, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2 Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit (A00) 1-0 The six pawn gambit?! H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0 Hungarian Opening e5, d5 (A00) 1-0 13.Re5 lift is rare indeed! Larsen vs Gruenfeld, 1961  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 55 moves, 1-0 Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 White musn't move on qside M Greenwalt vs B Wall, 1983  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1 8 Pawns on the 4th Rank beats the computer B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0 "The Pearl of Poznan"; Bird Opening, sacs for passers Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Artic Defense? (A04) Take my R or N; connected doubled pawns!? P Hammargren vs E Diemer, 1974  (A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1 Yeah, don't develop, move pawns! Hilarious mate! NN vs E Diemer, 1984  (A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1 Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 0-1 Protest->Expelled I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1 1.Nf3 g5?!? Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Blindfold simul charge!? El Dorado vs T Gareyev, 2016  (A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 English Anglo-Scandinavian Def. Schulz G (A10) 1-0 Q+ & fork Kt H Lehmann vs Schulz, 1950  (A10) English, 4 moves, 1-0 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) 0-1 Hanging Queen Pedersen vs I Burchard, 1995  (A10) English, 24 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 M Goetz vs T Gietl, 1997  (A10) English, 41 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 F Catheley vs M Hadzikaric, 1995  (A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 R Nurmi vs A Dunne, 1994  (A10) English, 18 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 E A Apps vs R Schlenker, 1974  (A10) English, 24 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 H Sieber vs L Frenzel, 1989  (A10) English, 30 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1 P Sassi vs D Lardot, 1996  (A10) English, 43 moves, 0-1 Halibut Gambit (A10) 1-0 After promotion, White is up a R Knobloch vs R Schlenker, 1983  (A10) English, 8 moves, 1-0 English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) 0-1 Opening Q Sac H Uuetoa vs A Mayo, 1999  (A10) English, 48 moves, 0-1 English Opening (A10) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate in 10 moves?!?! J Upmark vs Robin Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 English Opening: Myers Variation (A10) 0-1 Smothered Mate Taylor vs P Cody, 1980  (A10) English, 9 moves, 0-1 U ever seen Discovered Check response by Discovered Check!?! R Garcia vs E Figueroa, 1963  (A10) English, 28 moves, 1-0 Why did Korchnoi resign here? Korchnoi vs I Sokolov, 1994  (A20) English, 14 moves, 0-1 Englund Gambit, Mosquito Gambit (A40) 1/2-1/2Agreed beforehand Miles vs Huebner, 1985  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 1/2-1/2 Benoni Def: King's Indian System (A56) 1/2-1/2 A world-record?! K Rogoff vs A H Williams, 1969  (A56) Benoni Defense, 106 moves, 1/2-1/2 Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fully (A58) 1/2-1/2 What are the odds? H MacGrillen vs E Formanek, 1973  (A58) Benko Gambit, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 You won't believe your eyes. Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 White R captures pawn, 2 R's, Q & B. Never saw anything like it Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 Ripley loses in 11, believe it or not J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1 Hippopotumus gates mated in 31 moves w/out any captures!! R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 Notes by Tony Miles, edited by Ray Keene Karpov vs Miles, 1980   (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 A definition of "syracrophy" anyone? Speelman vs T K Hemingway, 1972  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) mouse click malfunction M Pavlovic vs M Umansky, 2003  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1 Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) White has issues L Horta vs M Dos Santos, 1984  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 0-1 Macho Grob Spike/Borg defense takes down a GM! Speelman vs M Basman, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; unclean breakthru J Grundy vs P Ware, 1880  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 57 moves, 0-1 Franco-Nimzowitsch; Black King is stripped of pawn shield T Abrahamyan vs W M Duckworth, 2012  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0 Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense: General (B00) · 0-1 R Lancaster vs M Basman, 1982  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1 St. George Def (B00) 0-1 Bizarre. Both sides sac Qs to promote. L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1 Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; White beat himself A Sellman vs P Ware, 1880 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1 Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; Black passer A Cohnfeld vs P Ware, 1880 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1 Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; must blockade! J Congdon vs P Ware, 1880  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 60 moves, 0-1 St. George Def. (B00) 0-1Rare extended fianchetto on BOTH sides Z Plecsko vs S Biro, 1997  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 0-1 Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Deflect the Defender H Guennewig vs H Alber, 1988  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 11 moves, 0-1 Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Neither K castled C Pritchett vs M Basman, 1986  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1 Owen Def. transposes to Hippo (B00) 1-0 aesthetic or pathetic? Ivanchuk vs N Gaprindashvili, 2006  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 1-0 Goldsmith Defense (B00) 0-1 Pin to win and work it over Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1 Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 He resigned instead of forcing stalemate M Klinova vs D Spence, 2006  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer (B01) 1-0 BF missed # in 2 Fischer vs S Rubin, 1964  (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0 Three Moves!!! Have a look at the kibitz to see what happened. Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893   (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1 Alekhine's Defense; Brooklyn Variation; Awful! Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 Alekhine Def: The Squirrel (B02) 1-0 Had a few too many nuts Hill vs C Janeway, 1946  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0 Earliest Promoted Pawns: 4 queens by move 7 Casper vs Heckert, 1975  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Alekhine Defense: Normal (B02) 1-0 Misplaced K; pile on the pin E Steiner vs Colle, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0 Alekhine Defense: Buckley Attck; early Na3 is reasonable enough G Franchini vs S Mikheev, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 Alekhine Def: 4Pawns Attack. Trifunovic Var (B03) 1/2-Perpetual M Wootton vs W Kilmer, 2007  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2 Modern Defense: 2.h4 (B06) 0-1 wonky game, wonky Dovetail Mate V Rothuis vs F Olafsson, 2007  (B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 0-1 Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1-0 17 straight pawn moves E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann Def. Two Knights Attk (B11) 0-1 White attacks himself Stripunsky vs Onischuk, 2012  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 11 moves, 0-1 King enters battlefield early as cramped opponent is squeezed Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 13.0-0; I can't ever remember seeing a move like that, where th Van der Wiel vs Karpov, 1987  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bizarre Sicilian! White should have taken a draw. E Treger vs S Agaian, 2003  (B20) Sicilian, 68 moves, 0-1 Nakamura punished for 2.Qh5?!? Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1 Marshall pushes pawns...for 14 straight moves. Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Alapin 2.c3 Barmen Def Central X$(B22) 1-0Common unpin S Jackson vs B Sinka, 1981 (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1/2-1/2 Squeezed too tight C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sicilian Closed f4-Nf3-Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Video link Short vs Gelfand, 1991  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0 Scandi Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit (B01) · 0-1 Alekhine vs L Morelli, 1923  (B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 Clown Knights Mischief A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Romantic classic; amazing finish...most unusual promotion McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 Perhaps VA lost on time but VK had insufficient mating material Anand vs Kramnik, 1994  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Fingerfehler!? Bagirov vs Korchnoi, 1960  (B32) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 1-0 blunder on 121! Short vs Krasenkow, 2004  (B33) Sicilian, 122 moves, 0-1 Sicilian, French Variation (B40) 1-0 He gave her away L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0 Anderssen and Kolisch first to use time limit Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B40) 0-1 Unusual finish A Reggio vs Tarrasch, 1902  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 15 moves, 0-1 Sicilian 4.Qc2?! (B50) 0-1 Bronstein's creativity fizzles Bronstein vs Stein, 1965  (B50) Sicilian, 56 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Delayed Alapin/KIA (B50) 1/2-1/2 Mutual overlook J Emma vs Stein, 1966  (B50) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 The first consultation match of chessgames....Amazing! M Ronteltap / Allies vs R Barber / Allies, 2006   (B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Free cake! Three kNights are given away as pawn food. Tal vs E Nievergelt, 1959  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 This is more like a creepy crawly game w/queenside action Polgar vs Shirov, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Mini 0-0-0#! A castle mate! A Kvicala vs NN, 1869  (B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0 One variation has promotion mate 14.gxh8=Q# B Koch vs W Kuppe, 1932  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 12 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Panov (B76) 0-1 Ring-a-ling! Korbut vs N Pogonina, 2007  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 0-1 Chaotic Insanity Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1 SicRichter-Rauzer (B60) Both White Knights occupy Black thrones G Kluger vs Nagy, 1942  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0 After Ne3 it is actually white that is winning! B Jonasson vs H Angantysson, 1986  (B33) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0Who needs SIX Queens? E Szalanczy vs Thi Mai Hung Nguyen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 "World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) Chess!" Shen Yang vs J Zhou, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf (B94) 1-0 This game will drive you nuts A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 5 Queens Z Mackic vs A Maksimenko, 1994  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 0-1 Resigning in a won position Veprek vs I David Glaz, 1982  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0 Sicilian, Najdorf. Poisoned P (B97) 1/2-1/2 All 8 Black pieces I Johannesson vs S Bergsson, 2007  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 Very Uncommon Corner Mate by the Very Uncommon Morphy Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 Chess variants (000) 1-0 "Look Ma! No pawns!" W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884   (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0 This shows how to win in a dozen moves -- WITHOUT A QUEEN!! Tarrasch vs Schroeder, 1890  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0 Rat Defense: Small Center (C00) 1-0 Pin the tail on the rat! Paulsen vs Blackburne, 1861   (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 French: Bird Invitation (C00) 1-0 Transposes to St. George Bird vs J Heral, 1873  (C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 French Advance Main Line (C02) 0-1 48 moves before exchanging?! Houdini vs Stockfish, 2013  (C02) French, Advance, 114 moves, 0-1 After 10…Bb7 Alekhine castled with his queen! Alekhine vs P de Unamuno, 1944  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1 French Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Bathroom break affected Benko's brain Fischer vs Benko, 1962  (C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0 15 yr. old Radjabov upsets Kasparov Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1 French McCutcheon. Grigoriev Var (C12) Fictional 5 Queens Game Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0 French, Alekhine-Chatard Attack (C13) 1-0 Uncastled win! Bogoljubov vs Spielmann, 1922  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0 K pawn Alapin Opening (C20) 1-0 Black made 5 kNight moves! J Ask vs O Von Bahr, 2013  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0 King Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.h3 (C20) 1-0 Kside attack Morphy vs NN, 1848  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0 Athens sacrifices queen-wins in 10 moves! London broiled. London vs Athens, 1897  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1 P-K4 Parham Attack (C20) 0-1 Castlemate by two unknowns NN vs Eric, 2017  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1 Chigorin mistook the king for the queen Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 KG Panteldakis Countergambit (C30) 0-1 What would you do? C W Kennaugh vs K Shirazi, 2003  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 0-1 Pantelidakis Countergambit, 1.e4 e5 2.f4 f5 Chigorin vs V Hruby, 1882  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0 KG Panteldakis CG. Greco Var (C30) 0-1 Unusual start and finish NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1 King's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Puzzling end -- overlooked zwischenzug G Welling vs R Douven, 1982  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 1-0 K's Gambit Copycat (C30) 1-0 Underpromotion PxR=N# H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0 KGD Mafia Defense 2...c5 (C30) 1-0 Confession to the Bishops!! B Raphael vs H P Montgomery, 1856  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0 KGD Panteldakis Countergambit (C30)1-0 BF draws K out into cntr Fischer vs Michalopoulos, 1964  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0 To 0-0+ is good // to interpose w/Discovered Check is better NN vs M Bier, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1 Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attack (C31) 1-0 Sneaky tactics Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1892  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 4...b5?! Popular line mid-1800s ~Kieseritsky's Immortal Game L Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0 King's Gambit: Accepted. Tumbleweed (C33) 1-0What can be said? D Rigby vs J Moylan, 1976  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0 Black's resignation is enigmatic to say the least. W Shinkman vs T Thompson, 1875   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0 KGA Schallop Def (C34) 0-1 A World Championship Blunder??? Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1 David Bronstein beats computer in style. Bronstein vs M20, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 Mate by an unmoved piece?!! Allgaier vs NN, 1807  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0 KGA Salvio Gambit (C37) 0-1 Mated by a King's move! A Smitten vs Prince Dadian, 1896  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1 This is a well know spurious game F Deacon vs Morphy, 1859  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0 A royal family fork checkmate, rare and precious indeed!!! NN vs Zukertort, 1872  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1 A rare NN miniature victory in 6 moves! NN vs Cornelissen, 1974  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 6 moves, 1-0 Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 1-0 Nice shootin' by 9-year old! A Liang vs L Kaufman, 2012  (C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 1-0 Four Knights Scotch Accepted (C47) 0-1 10.Bxf6 wins a piece Alekhine vs James Madison HS, 1932  (C47) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1 Italian Four Knights d3, Nc3 (C50) 1-0 Notes by R. Teichmann J Mason vs Tarrasch, 1895   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0 Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Check out the a1-h8 diagonal after 13. M Corden vs Smyslov, 1970  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 55 moves, 1-0 This game is absurd! Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1904  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2 Definately NOT your typicaly Ruy Lopez!?! Westerinen vs A Planinc, 1970  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1 A wonderfully entertaining game Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 Spanish Schliemann Def. Exchange (C63) 0-1 En Passant+ Boris Becker vs Short, 2011  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 16 moves, 0-1 White undevelops with 9.Nb1?! losing two tempi S Tatai vs M Lazic, 2001  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2 9 passed pawns aboard after 59.Rxf6 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1 longest decisive game without captures A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Pseudo-Stonewall Attack; The Original Alekhine's Block?! Alekhine vs V Ostrogsky, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0 Not a real Colle System (D05) 0-1 Lost sight of the position Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1 checkers/whist/blind chess simul (1900) 1-0, 21 moves Boden's # Pillsbury vs NN, 1900  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0 Black K never moves! Less common up close Q fork ends game. Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1894  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1 The Crazy Rook Draw: Immunity or Stalemate capture E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 Slav Czech. Wiesbaden Sharp line (D17) · 1/2-1/2 Kramnik vs Lautier, 1994  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2 Check by castling nabs the wayward rook NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1 Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit (D31) 1-0 Tripled Pawns Win J Turn vs K Makarczyk, 1936 (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0 White plays five moves---announces mate in eight!!! J O H Taylor vs NN, 1862  (C27) Vienna Game, 13 moves, 1-0 Philidor Def 5.g4 Shirov Gambit (C41) 1-0 Ks on orignal squares Shirov vs L Cyborowski, 2008  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Black resigned (pin) w/a winning pos Von Popiel vs G Marco, 1902  (C41) Philidor Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 The game was of course agreed drawn in advance. Miles vs L Christiansen, 1987  (C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2 Russian Game French Attack (C42) 1-0 Don't assume he'll play d4 Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1889  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0 The Immortal Desperado (and the most hilarious chess game ever) Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 Both players miss the hangers D Zagorskis vs B Gasiorowski, 2006  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0 They dyed my shoes. Open those shoes by offramp Giri vs Caruana, 2016  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2 He did not lose on time. It's a score keeping violation. So vs V Akobian, 2015  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1 Two underpromotions to BISHOPS!? (It didn't much matter.) Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2 QGD Tarrasch Def (D32) 0-1 Black won by making only pawn moves! NN vs H Bruening, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1 QGD Capablanca (D43) 1-0 Victory w/tripled pawns is rare Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0 Castle-mate Anand vs Svidler, 1999  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0 Gruenfeld Def. Russian. Prins Var (D97) 1-0 Black Q never moves Piket vs Kasparov, 1995  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 41 moves, 1-0 The worst blunder by a reigning world champion Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 No Way to Treat A Lady: The best game prize at Gibraltar L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1 An underpromotion+ saves the draw in a basic R vs P ending A Evdokimov vs Sveshnikov, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2 White could have claimed a draw by three-time repetition Rotlewi vs Teichmann, 1911  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 69 moves, 0-1 Nh3 L Boeye vs E Denayer, 2001  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1 Eight passed pawns on eight files Short vs Gelfand, 1991  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 61 moves, 1-0 Gunderam Defense (C40) 0-1 The Joke Promotion (Underpromotion) V Salnikov vs A Bezgodov, 1991  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 64 moves, 0-1 Yet ANOTHER Top Grandmaster Simply Hangs His Queen Bacrot vs E Inarkiev, 2008  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 23 moves, 0-1 Beautiful finish found in Reinfeld books H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Experience wins over Youth (Sammy was just 9!) Reshevsky vs Ed. Lasker, 1921  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 0-1 An unusual trap of a rook by a bishop-so queen can gobble it Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0 Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Trapped pair of Rs Ivkov vs I Kanko, 1963  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 215 moves in about 5 minutes is amazing... Q sac stalemate! Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 215 moves, 1/2-1/2 Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern. Pterodactyl (B06) 0-1 What a day A J Mestel vs L Day, 1982  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 0-1 Modern Defense (B06)1-0 White wins w/out developing either N?!! E Diemer vs Cerff, 1983  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Missed Spearhead # Aronian vs K Urban, 1996  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 0-1 Pirc Defense: Byrne (B07) 1-0 Opera House reminder after 22. Tal vs Gufeld, 1968  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 Modern Defense 1...g6 2.h4 (B06) 1/2-1/2 Castle into Q sac?! J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sicilian Velimirovic Attack (B89) 1-0 12 straight pawn moves! F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007  (B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Closed 3.g4 (B23) 1-0 Odd start, 0-0-0, N fork Nakamura vs A Zhigalko, 2009  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann Def. Maroczy Variation (B12) 1-0 WC lost on time Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1-0 JimmyVermeer's blog: Forced mate in 42 Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 193 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 Horowitz said "One bad move ruins forty good ones." G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi to arbiter: "Can I castle if my rook is attacked?" Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974  (E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1-0 Bogo-Indian Defense (E11) 1-0 Black meant to defend w/4...Qe7 L Palau vs S Kalabar, 1927  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 5 moves, 1-0 The Black b8 knight makes six moves to stalemate itself Alekhine vs N E Schwartz, 1926  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 54 moves, 1-0 Near structural symmetry after 20.Rdd1 but Black win in 5 moves R Pruun vs Keres, 1931  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 Odd Name Claim to Fame (not really, but that's life) O Arvoll vs O Lie, 1965  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1 Barry Attack vs NY System (D00) 1/2-1/2 it got WhAcKy Jobava vs R Hovhannisyan, 2014  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Four(!) pawns are sent to the 2nd rank to seize the win! F J Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1 QGD Copycat (D02) 1-0 Quad Pawns in 18, Hogs on 8th E E Colman vs H Jacobs, 1911  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 QGD Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Very, VERY unique mate!! S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1 Flohr Bewitched by an Illusion D02 0-1 25 Flohr vs Grob, 1933  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 P-Q4 Krause Variation (D02) 1-0 Royal fork+ loses?! Swiderski vs J N Berger, 1908  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 A "rainbow of bishops and knights" à la Dodge-Houghteling V Sultanov vs S Kamaletdinov, 2011  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0 Rook Trio: Underpromotion prevents Q sac for Stalemate D Wagner vs Kosteniuk, 2018  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 117 moves, 0-1 The worst game in world championship history? Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1 "V for Victory"; a unique formation and slick break through Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0 White drops a piece on move 5, but wins. The loser becomes WC! L Galojan vs A Ushenina, 2012  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 Stonewall Attack puts 4 Bs on c-file (D00) 1/2-Down to the last Sultan Khan vs Tartakower, 1931  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Colle System (D05) 1/2-1/2 The wrong-colored bishop Carlsen vs Giri, 2017  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 123 moves, 1/2-1/2 Classical Tarrasch Gambit(D34) 0-1Worlds longest roller coaster B Gundavaa vs S Collins, 2010  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 101 moves, 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Def: Leningrad Var (E30) 0-1 Queen's Knight Tour Alie H/Hasan vs Alekhine, 1933  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 39 moves, 0-1 LINK TO CHESS ENGINES IN BLOGGER NOTES Aronian vs Caruana, 2015  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0 Tarrasch Def, Schara G (D32) 1-0 4 consecutive pawn captures! D Fidlow vs A Maier, 1959  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 1-0 Three pawns on the 7th rank isn't the half of it. D Birnbaum vs E Relange, 1995  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 Grandmaster plays ONLY move that allows an instant mate Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 69 moves, 0-1 Semi-Slav Def: Botvinnik System (D44) 0-1 Unordinary Rooks M Szigeti vs Benko, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1 63...Ra7 is a draw by threefold repetition. Anand blew tie 1st Radjabov vs Anand, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 85 moves, 1-0 Swindled into a capture stalemate or immune perpetual check Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 KID Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate blunder Karpov vs Polgar, 1998  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 Giving away a won game: Swallow's Tail/Gueridon Mate in one Y Xu vs I Charkhalashvili, 2001  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 88 moves, 0-1 KID Yugoslav Exch (E66) 0-1 Petro returned to table, blundered Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1 Bonnerjee Mohishunder helped generate the term "Indian Defense" Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1853  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 39 moves, 1-0 KID. Four Pawns Attack (E76) 1/2-1/2 Movie scene fabrications J Sarwer vs Waitzkin, 1986  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2 KID Saemisch Variation (E80) 1/2-1/2 Fortress; No Breakthrough A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 16.Nxd4Ne5 for those that like shape shifting Hort vs R Byrne, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 18 moves, 1-0 K's Indian Def. Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0Blindfold blunder Kramnik vs Shirov, 2001  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 14 moves, 1-0 This is the longest game (over 20 hours) of chess history I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Def: AbNormal Variation (C00) 1-0 The Joke is on it Zzzzzz vs Joker, 2006  (C00) French Defense, 48 moves, 1-0 French Defense: 2.b3 Horwitz Attack (C00) 1-0 Meet the new boss B Wall vs E Bosse, 1969  (C00) French Defense, 11 moves, 1-0 The hegemony of matter was shattered at a stroke and the era of Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 Dim knights win?! G Schories vs J J O'Hanlon, 1906  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 Coolest # by en passant ! ! ! Dbl Check & NEITHER piece moves G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 French Advance (C02) 0-1 Ns on the outer files make do Chekhov vs E Kengis, 1991  (C02) French, Advance, 57 moves, 0-1 Short resigns after retracting his illegal 0-0-0! W N Watson vs Short, 1983  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0 Black draw despite having two seventh rank pawns vs a rook!!! Keres vs Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 0-1 Suspicious fire P Dimitrov vs V Akobian, 2008  (C10) French, 26 moves, 0-1 First game to have a non-admin user post a kibitz (unofficial) Steinitz vs Bird, 1866  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0 Game ends in a NINEfold repetition I Cheparinov vs Ljubojevic, 2008  (C10) French, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2 All Black's pieces return to their original squares by move 14! N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007  (C10) French, 42 moves, 0-1 French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 35.Double R Blunder Z Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001  (C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0 French Def. Steinitz Var. Gledhill Attack (C11) 0-1 35...0-0 Marshall vs Maroczy, 1926  (C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1 Winawer wins shortly after making an illegal move J Mason vs Winawer, 1883   (C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1 French Def. Alekhine-Chatard Attk (C13) 0-1 4 "exchange" sacs! Smeets vs Y Hou, 2008  (C13) French, 58 moves, 0-1 145 moves with no change of material (K+R vs. K+R+P) Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018   (C14) French, Classical, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Winawer. Maroczy-Wallis (C18) 1-0 Side Philidor's Legacy Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Advance (C18) 0-1 Simul Dbl, Dbl R sacs!! Fischer vs C Powell, 1964  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1 Horwitz Bishops face-off, a rare and short-lived sight J Mason vs Schlechter, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 0-1 1st recorded Blindfold game, nice endgame win J Bruehl vs Philidor, 1783  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1 Jul-25-17 FSR: He spells the LONGEST NAMES in chess! Otto vs von der Lasa, 1839  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Twas played between James A. Leonard & Frederick Perrin J A Leonard vs F Perrin, 1861  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 Vienna Gambit. Paulsen Attack (C29) 0-1 The best response to + NN vs B Winkelman, 1945  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1 KGD. Falkbeer Cntrgambit. Hinrichsen Gambit (C31) 1-0Weird, fun Winkel vs Alkmaar, 1856  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 KGD Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attack (C31) 0-1! No combo, K walk! NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1 Hypermodern founders play the king of gambits!! C32 1-0 19 Reti vs Breyer, 1918  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 longest mate by a bishop...never heard of that! Gunsberg vs NN, 1879  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 20 moves, 1-0 Schulze-Muller Gambit (C44) 1-0 A.K.A. Chicago / Irish Gambit D T Phillips vs Pillsbury, 1899  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 45 moves, 1-0 Damiano Defense 8.Qg3+ instead of 8.h4 (C40) 1-0 8White Ps left Lenderman vs S Sloan, 2007  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 1-0 Gunderam Defense: General (C40) 1-0 wowzeroo! B Amin vs I H Labib, 2001  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 46 moves, 1-0 Black's 18th...Was that a bird? A plane? Superman? It's MORPHY! Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Computer Chess Silicon Giveaway in the Endgame Deep Junior vs Deep Fritz, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 109 moves, 1-0 Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit (C44) 1-0 U don't C this Everyday Birchbeer vs NN, 1995  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 A beautiful and rare example of semi-perpetual check. C T Goering vs G Neumann, 1872  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 White's e-pawn does everything a pawn can do. Morphy vs Hart, 1854  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0 Scotch Game 4...Ne5 Copycat (C45) 1-0 Black forgot the Bourbon K Busch vs H Emser, 1987  (C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0 Magnus plays the Halloween Gambit with an a3 prep Carlsen vs S Nyysti, 2002  (C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 1-0 58.Ke6?? is Short's only composed helpmate Short vs Beliavsky, 1992  (C48) Four Knights, 58 moves, 0-1 Loss by Capa to a strong but then unknown female player Capablanca vs M Bain, 1933  (C48) Four Knights, 11 moves, 0-1 Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein (C48) 0-1 Double Trouble Blitz vs Belle, 1978   (C48) Four Knights, 14 moves, 0-1 July 6: Broken Mirror [Also May-12-09] Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0 Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit (C50) 1-0 This should be a draw V Spasov vs P Dimitrov, 2008  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 1-0 Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit Accepted?! (C50) 1-0 Franz Schett vs B Schoerghuber, 2000  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 1-0 Italian, Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0Unusual White Ns C Bauer vs J M Iruzubieta Villaluenga, 2010  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0 12...0-0 - A rare example of castling when facing the enemy F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1 Italian Game: Classical. De la Bourdonnais (C53) 1-0tpstarNotes P S Leonhardt vs Teichmann, 1905  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Heavy Pieces Polka R Zelcic vs G Szlabey, 1991  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 Italian, 2 Ns Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 4 Bs on b-file! A Kosten vs M Hebden, 1987  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 What's worse than double isolated pawns? See for yourself... Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1 NEVER assume that there is no "Zwischenzug mit Mittelschmerz". G Elliott vs D Mitchell, 1951  (C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1 a P capture for promotion w/double check is not the best move!! A W Gentil vs T M Ault, 1876  (C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0 The most exciting game ever between three Roberts Fischer vs R Henry / R Thacker, 1964  (C57) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1 American Chess Bulletin, December 1922, p. 191 I Spero vs Showalter, 1922  (C58) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 A one of a kind knight sacrifice for an underpromotion mate!!! A H Robbins vs Showalter, 1890  (C59) Two Knights, 22 moves, 0-1 Instead of the normal variation, she sacrificed a bishop! M F Olsen vs B Tilenbaev, 2004  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 0-1 En passant capture piles on the pin to end this game. I Khairullin vs M Kobalia, 2004  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 0-1 Spanish Game: Classical. Cordel Gambit (C64) 0-1All 8 Ps remain Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 Spanish, Classical. Cordel Gambit (C64) 0-1 "Nez Dispenser"! R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1 Time control was 15 moves an hour, beginning on the first move! Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 62 moves, 0-1 Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Lovely! De Vere vs J Minchin, 1871  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0 Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 0-1 Good grief K Lepge vs Paulsen, 1863  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 0-1 Scene in Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" Roesch vs W Schlage, 1910  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1 In a drawn ending Black blocks the bishop's view to the promo. Carlsen vs Shirov, 2008  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 80 moves, 1-0 An amazing inverted pawn pyramid after 50. ... d3 Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1 Incredible game. Svidler agreed to a draw in a won position! Svidler vs Anand, 1999  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kasparov moves his knight five times in a row and the game ends Kasparov vs Leko, 2001  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0 48..Ke8 What a stunning move !! Artistic Zugswang Shirov vs Aronian, 2006  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 58 moves, 0-1 b2-b4 is mate! W N Watson vs J E Littlewood, 1991  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 Spanish Game: Closed. Flohr System (C92) 0-1 Rare loss on time Anand vs Kamsky, 1995  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1 Stalemate with all the pieces on the board J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2 KIA vs. mutated Sicilian/Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense (A04 P Szabo vs P R Scott, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Ugly Black defense but White loses time, space, disconnected Rs J Matynia vs L Day, 1966  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 37 moves, 0-1 English vs Hippo (A10) 1-0N sac opens diagonal for g7 crossfire E Ghaem Maghami vs R Bancod, 2004  (A10) English, 23 moves, 1-0 Indian Game: Pyrenees Gambit (A50) 0-1 Mate threat on h-file Kasparov vs W Cotrina, 1993  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1 Notes by Raymond Keene: English Opening, Bellon gambit Keene vs K Wockenfuss, 1977   (A22) English, 20 moves, 1-0 Polish Defense Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) · 0-1 W M Duckworth vs R Yankovsky, 2012 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation (A40) · 0-1 G Taylor vs I Ivanov, 1985  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0 2 Q's lose! A Reshko vs V Faibisovich, 1969  (A36) English, 25 moves, 1-0 Indian Game: Pawn Push Variation (A45) · 0-1 Never seen before M Muslimovic vs F Bistric, 2003  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1 Uncommon but not unsound D J Hacche vs I Bjelobrk, 2001 (A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1 Soller Gambit Deferred (A40) 0-1 He went 82 years between wins! Baumgartner vs F Borsdorff, 1973  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1 Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 2.g4 vs Indian Def (A45) 1-0 K walks D Barron vs P Gardner, 2001  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0 K's English 4 Knights Fianchetto (A29)1/2-1/2 Stalemate blunder Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Q sacrifice, B check, and a rarity...K move to checkmate D Cummings vs G Basanta, 1999  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1-0 Agincourt Defense; 23.Ne4 ! Offering the d3 Rook (...Nxd3) Tal vs Van der Wiel, 1982  (A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0 Very unusual...the winning White K walks to h8 in the MG! J van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 Gain time on queen while building a battery against the block Alekhine vs O Chajes, 1911  (A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0 King's English. Reversed Sicil (A21) 0-1 Q sac avoids perpetual R Toran Albero vs Tal, 1961  (A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1 Bird Opening: From G. 2 Knights (A02) 1-0 White survives K walk H Danielsen vs R Pokorna, 2003  (A02) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 Polish Defense (A40) 0-1 Played like an Owen Defense Alekhine vs L Prins, 1933  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1 English, Anglo-Indian Defense QID Formation (A15) Too Mobile E Agrest vs Ponomariov, 2003  (A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0 Creepy Crawly 5 pawns on the 6th; W had no advantage until pin N Schouten vs P du Chattel, 1975  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0 St. George / Horwitz Def 1...e6 2...b5?! (A40) 1-0 2 vs 1 EG Le Quang Liem vs Mamedyarov, 2009  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0 Stonewall / Colle-Rubinstein (A45) 1/2-1/2 Dry race to exchange Marshall vs Euwe, 1929  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 B Underpromo A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0 Classical Dutch, the Mason-Bird episode. J Mason vs Bird, 1882  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 30 moves, 0-1 Dutch Def. Blackmar's Second G. (A80)1-0 Uncommon Ns Strategy Tal vs K Klasup, 1952  (A80) Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0 Black moves the same Knight 13 times in the first 27 moves! J M Hernando Rodrigo vs D Duarte, 2001  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 P-Q4 / Nh6 French Advance (A40) 0-1 Up the exchange G Yiapanis vs V Sipila, 2010  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1 Old Indian Defense: Janowski Var (A53) 0-1 Ng2 & Ng7?! S Strating vs V Georgiev, 2000  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 English Opening: Symmetrical. 2 Knts (A37) 1-0Check-less K hunt Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0 Abdusattorov & Zhigalko share the same birthday (September 18) N Abdusattorov vs A Zhigalko, 2014  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0 Black essentially eliminates White's R from the game until he.. L Aronson vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 36 moves, 0-1 Yuri Averbakh protested legal 0-0-0?!? Averbakh vs C Purdy, 1960  (A16) English, 48 moves, 1-0 English, Anglo-Indian Def. Qs Indian(A17) 1-0 7th Q will decide D Anton Guijarro vs A Franco, 2011  (A17) English, 82 moves, 1-0 Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Q blunder Bacrot vs M Vukic, 2004  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0 Trompowsky Attack (A45) 0-1 Watch the solo K charge! A Bigg vs P Dimitrov, 2008  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1 Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Rather UNIQUE play! Goryachkina vs A Bodnaruk, 2016  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 77 moves, 0-1 Bird begins with his move 1 f4-pawn NEVER moves thereafter. Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (A03) Bird's Opening, 102 moves, 1-0 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern (A01) 1-0 Uncommon finish A Sokolov vs S Milliet, 2015  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 Nimzo-Larsen Attack vs 1...a5 (A01) 0-1 Ugly step-child chess Rapport vs A Adly, 2015  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 0-1 Four minors on the 6th rank H Sonntag vs L Christiansen, 1989  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 16 moves, 0-1 KIA. Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 3 of 4 knights on the rim?! Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0 Modern Def. g6 Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Caught by Correspondence J F Campbell vs A Ehrlich, 1990   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0 Friendly Blitz - Bronstein only managed to defeat Spassky once Bronstein vs Spassky, 1961  (A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0 Old Indian Defense: Two Knights (A54) 0-1 The Bxe2+ sacrifice V Iotov vs M Nikolov, 2004  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 32 moves, 0-1 Let's trade... but you keep your knight, I'll keep my pawn. Mecking vs J F Cubas, 2017  (A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 the immortal repitititititition gamemememe G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 124 moves, 0-1 Picturesque final position, with an underpromotion leading to # P Ware vs J S Ryan, 1880  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 0-1 English Symmetrical. Normal (A34) 0-1 4 different units in mid Quinteros vs Dzindzichashvili, 1980  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 0-1 Mr. Day's personal record for Slow Castling is 43 moves! D Norwood vs L Day, 1989  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2 A novel finish with two en prise queens... L Trent vs D Tan, 2002  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knt Var (A15) 0-1 Waiting works Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2004  (A15) English, 66 moves, 0-1 A04 0-1 75 A most embarrassing Queen sacrifice?? N J Fries-Nielsen vs C Hoi, 1981  (A04) Reti Opening, 75 moves, 0-1 White didn't move d or e pawn for 27 moves!! S Polgar vs Chiburdanidze, 2004  (A17) English, 39 moves, 1-0 Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit (A04) 0-1 Never seen this before I Theodorovich vs H Ridout, 1976  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1 Double Duck Formation (A02) 1-0 Double diagonal checks E Williams vs W Henderson, 1845  (A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0 Historic 500 first-place victories ! ! ! ! ! P Salathe vs J Curdo, 1994  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1 50 moves rule successfully applied for a draw. Sindarov vs G Jones, 2018  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 122 moves, 1/2-1/2 Hungarian Opening: General(A00) 1/2-Castle by hand - fianchetto Sveshnikov vs Alburt, 1978  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 She didn't move an inch J Mileika vs Tal, 1953  (A60) Benoni Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 A pretty mate with two discovered checks by Blacks' king. Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1 Check out this stunning finish and the final position!! Benko vs W Hartmann, 1984  (A16) English, 21 moves, 0-1 16 consecutive pawn moves to start (8 ply) D20 1-0 23 Greco vs NN, 1620  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Castle with Check Y Wang vs Ivanchuk, 2009  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional, 4 Knights Gambit(D30) 0-1 A Schmied vs J Aagaard, 1995  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1 Semi-Slav Def. Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Unusual X-ray mate Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 You take my kingdom and I'll have yours A Roos vs B Fleurquin, 2014  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0 56 moves in Queens D70 1/2-1/2 93 C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 Neo-Grünfeld Def: Delayed Exchange (D76) 0-1 g-file log jam!? Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2015  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 44 moves, 0-1 Duras Gambit (B00) 1-0 Blind Swine into Arabian Mate O Sarapu vs Z Frankel, 1952  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Alekhine Def: Brooklyn Var (B02) 1-0 Reasonable play follows R Tischbierek vs G Welling, 1990 (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 Modern Def. Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 1-0 Dbl Dbl Octopus Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0 Black Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 She beat her future husband! A Skripchenko vs Fressinet, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0 Modern Defense: Bc4 vs temporary Bg7 (B06) 1-0 Rather unusual S Sulskis vs Bologan, 2000  (B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 1-0 A game full of unexpected moves and weird positions E Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973  (B07) Pirc, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 White never moves Kside B, N, R, yet wins anyway...seems unfair T Cagasik vs J Brooke, 2007  (B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann Def. Euwe Attack (B10) 1/2-?? Easy Black win awaits H Stefansson vs Karpov, 1994  (B10) Caro-Kann, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Caro-Kann Advance. Tal Var (B12) 0-1 Karpov plays 12...Kf7 Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1 C-K Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 0-1R+ traps itself V Zaltsman vs D Lucky, 1985  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1 Caro-Kann Def Panov Attk 4...e5 pseudo Albin CG (B13) 0-1 Simul Alekhine vs M Scholtz, 1932  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1 Bizarre, Entertaining K jaunt Karpov vs A Zaitsev, 1970  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 72 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical (B18) 0-1 Amazing final position! I Cabrijan vs V Piro, 2010  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 49 moves, 0-1 Sicilian theory in Europe has re-arranged the f-file somewhat. Robert Zieba vs V Plat, 2017  (B20) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1 Rare example of a player moving all of his pawns before moving Alekhine vs E D G Frahm, 1933  (B20) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Handshake Declined? 1-0 It's a head-shaker. Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (B20) Sicilian, 1 moves, 1-0 Combination will even up the material, but Black resigns B Wexler vs B Germalm, 1967  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0 Adams did not claim a draw by threefold repetition of position Adams vs Anand, 1992  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 58 moves, 0-1 Incredible blindfold victory uses B+N# pattern into B's corner Ljubojevic vs Polgar, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 106 moves, 0-1 Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bb5+ Grand Prix Attk (B23) 0-1Dbld Isolanis win M Thesing vs Ftacnik, 2012  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Closed Bc5 (B23) 0-1 Royal family fork# A Hugaert vs B Gundavaa, 2009  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Def. Katalimov Var (B27) 1-0 Black wins P, loses game! Koronghi vs Szemegyi, 1985  (B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 Has Nail ever played Skrew? B29 1-0 10 B Hammer vs Boldt, 1977  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 10 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Closed (B29) 1-0 Discovered Attk A Shiplay vs E Shipley, 1977  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0 In Kentucky it's illegal to remarry the same man four times. B Belopolsky vs B M Kogan, 1984  (B30) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1-0 Missing Spear V Spasov vs Saric, 2008  (B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0 Delayed Alapin (B22) 0-1 5 minor pieces stacked like flapjacks J Shaw vs Short, 2003 (B40) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1 Mate by moving both knights to one's 8th rank (note also pin) J Sherwin vs A Feuerstein, 1957  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 57 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Def. Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0Weird B clearance works! M Esserman vs P Nutzman, 2009  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 28 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Double underpromotion S Schweber vs B Wexler, 1964  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 47 moves, 1-0 White sacs Queen to turn 7th rank into bowling alley for Rook Rublevsky vs Harikrishna, 2006  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 28 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Def. Canal Attack. ML (B52) 0-1 White N returns home Kamsky vs Giri, 2013  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 43 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Def. Chekhover (B53) 1-0 Black resigns w/3 W en prise? H Seifert vs M Szmyd, 2009  (B53) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0 White was reaching out to play 38 Qh5-h8# when his flag fell!! A Ivanov vs Yermolinsky, 1993  (B57) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attk (B77) 0-1 6 passers island E N Cooke vs W J Aramil, 2003  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 52 moves, 0-1 First game ever played in the history of Chess Olympiads Yates vs O Naegeli, 1927  (B83) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0 One of the strangest GM games that Fredthebear has ever seen?? M Kobalia vs Khismatullin, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 84 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Var (B92) 0-1Reversed Opera House # Mac Hack VI vs Fischer, 1977  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam (B93) 0-1 Beaten like rented mules Van der Wiel vs Browne, 1980  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 53 moves, 0-1 Philidor Def: Nimzowitsch. Rellstab Var (C41) 1-0Much different Rellstab vs F Surmann, 1947  (C41) Philidor Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: General (D20) 1-0Big grin on your face H Bernstein vs Bisguier, 1946  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0 QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Fianchetto Def (D37) 1/2-1/2 Surprise! Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2019  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 #4876 in Laszlo Polgar's Book "5334 Problems, Combos & Games." Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1909  (B15) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 1-0 56...d1=N+ (9 pieces, no pawns) S Sergienko vs G Vescovi, 2010  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2 KIA Dbl Fio vs Rev Botvinnik System (A07) 0-1 Unique Ns Mate!! T Becker vs R Ramesh, 2001 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1 Alexey Troitzky Mate w/2 Knights C McNab vs M Karttunen, 2006  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 1-0 Vienna Game, Paulsen-Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 Rare Knights EG# in 3 R Mamedov vs M Panchanathan, 2009  (C26) Vienna, 85 moves, 0-1 English, Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0Speed promotion G Minchev vs K Kolev, 1991  (A36) English, 37 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Is your roof on fire? R Mamedov vs U Bajarani, 2010  (B53) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0 Owen's Def (A40/B00) 1-0 Opening N trap, en passant mate! F Rhine vs NN, 2017  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 Maniac chess by Basman M Basman vs A Whiteley, 1973  (A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0 Odd Lies and Comments, Songs & 1972 Fischer-Spassky Copycat R Thimann vs O Lie, 1977  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 37 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 0-1 Underpromotion #!! W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1 KGA. Mason-Keres Gambit (C33) 0-1 Rook clearance sacrifice Keres vs Bronstein, 1965  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1 Four Knights Game: Scotch (C47) 1-0 Bishop so bad, it's evil Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1887  (C47) Four Knights, 22 moves, 1-0 Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Double P Sac (C44) 1-0 Whirlwind Ns I A Zaitsev vs V Storozhenko, 1970  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 Black drops his Q, misses 2 mates, then draw agreed erroneously Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 King's Indian. Fianchetto Var (A49) 1-0 A dozen moves of minors K Klaman vs L Potucek, 1946  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 33 moves, 1-0 Piazzini's sitting center...! A strange way to victory... C Guimard vs L Piazzini, 1938  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1 Italian Game: 2Ns Def. Traxler Counterattk B sac line (C57) 1/2 T Pudas vs S Sulskis, 2012  (C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 2.P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 I'll be dogged ?!? F Vass vs P Hogarty, 2006  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0 Mrs. Gilbert announced mate in 18 on her move 24. E E Gilbert vs W J Berry, 1875  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0 497 games