Guicco Pianissimo: Don't Castle Too Early
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
Weak play in the Sicilian
Steinitz vs J H Walsh, 1870  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0
Castle your King!
Chigorin vs Burn, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1
Deadly pin
Aronin vs Kantarovich, 1960  (B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Meesen vs H Mueller, 1928  (A28) English, 13 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game fianchetto
B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Legal-like trap in King's Gambit
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
Pawn snatching instead of castling
G Nersisyan vs V Akobian, 1996 (B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 0-1
Punishing time wasting, K in centre, and lack of centre control
Votava vs A Zatonskih, 2004  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Control the centre with pawns!
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Don't move a piece twice in the Opening!
Kamsky vs O A Stubberud, 2013  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0
Grabbing Material instead of developing
Lindehn vs Maczuski, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Funny Tactics in the Dutch
M Cebalo vs Vasiukov, 2014  (A80) Dutch, 13 moves, 1-0
...Nd7 unwise against a Bc4
A Elwin vs R Hughes, 2014  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
When Her Majesty Goes Roaming...
Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Instead of castling, B launches a premature K-side attack
Blackburne vs Lush, 1885  (B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
Reckless Pin-Breaking Leads to Ruin
Salwe vs Chigorin, 1903  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1
h-pawn prevents pin, but weakens K position
H Kloos vs Anderssen, 1861  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1
Failure to Castle when facing a Gambit
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Develop Your Pieces!
S Takacs vs Rubinstein, 1929  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
King in the Centre again
Fischer vs O Celle, 1964  (C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Failure to Develop? Check. Excess Queen and Pawn Moves? Check.
Lasker vs NN, 1901  (B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0
Fun Little Game
E J Diemer vs Toth, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Cute miniature
Fischer vs W A Nyman, 1964  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0
Robatsch
Robatsch vs Weghofer, 1955  (A04) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Terrible Play in the French
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann 2 Knights Trap
Wurm vs Auer, 1937  (B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Lasker 4 Knights
Lenzerk vs Lasker, 1913  (C47) Four Knights, 22 moves, 0-1
Duhm
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0
Philidor
Factor vs F M Currier, 1923  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
KID trap Averbakh
Alburt vs J A Rizzitano, 1984  (E73) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
English: wasted time leads to stuck King
A Srebrnic vs A Benderac, 2007  (A17) English, 26 moves, 1-0
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