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Best puns ever
Compiled by Teyss
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Criteria:
- The pun highlights at least one noteworthy element of the game;
- It includes a reference unrelated to Chess, without being too cryptic;
- The wording connecting these two concepts is ingenious.

An interesting game is a plus but not a prerequisite.
None of my puns deserve to be included in this selective list.

Big Mac and French Fries
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1

O Brother, Where art thou?
T Loyd vs I Loyd, 1856 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will
Morphy vs de Riviere, 1863 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 56 moves, 0-1

Fiddling While Burn Roams
Burn vs J Owen, 1874 
(B07) Pirc, 14 moves, 1-0

Blackburne Singing in the Dead of Knight
Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881 
(C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0

Alapin, But Not a Safety Alapin
Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1892 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0

Allons Enfants de la Patrie
Amsterdam vs Marseille, 1900 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

Careful with Attacks, Eugene
Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1903 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Carl's Bad Day
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

The Unfinished Sacrifice
Reti vs F Schubert, 1915 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Karl's Good
Gilg vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 58 moves, 1-0

e = Nc4
Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Don't Take Your Kotov
Petrosian vs Kotov, 1952 
(B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Crouching Tigran, Hidden Dragon
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1

The 11th Hour
A Saidy vs Fischer, 1964 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1

A Knight in Tunisia
Ivkov vs M Cuellar Gacharna, 1967 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 45 moves, 1-0

Mate You at the Corner
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

I Am Not a Rook
R Nixon vs A Anselmo, 1973 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1

Tis but a scratch
Black Knight vs Kaissa, 1977 
(B01) Scandinavian, 57 moves, 0-1

Neto Fiddles while Romanishin Burns
J Sunye Neto vs Romanishin, 1980 
(A24) English, Bremen System with ...g6, 36 moves, 0-1

And Miles To Go b4 Lev Slips
Miles vs Polugaevsky, 1984 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Miss Is As Good As a Miles
Chiburdanidze vs Miles, 1989 
(C45) Scotch Game, 74 moves, 1-0

All the Lonely Pieces, Where Do They All Belong?
J L Vehre vs D Rigby, 1991 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 36 moves, 1-0

Pun: Anupama: "I Won! Now I Am A Pun, Anup!"
A Gokhale vs A Deshmukh, 1994 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 44 moves, 0-1

Pun Denied
I Krush vs Y Wang, 1996 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Boy, You're Gonna Garry that Weight
Kasparov vs V Atlas, 1997 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0

La Donna E Mobile
D Caruso vs E Paoli, 2001 
(C47) Four Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

I am the Wall, Russ
G Wall vs R Granat, 2006 
(B30) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

Veni, Vidi, WC
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

May the Fork be With You
McShane vs Wojtaszek, 2011 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Opening Is Error. Resign! - I. Nepo
M Yilmaz vs Nepomniachtchi, 2013 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 0-1

Lord of the Files
J Rudd vs A Golding, 2015 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 52 moves, 0-1

Duda saw part Q trap was a dud
Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016 
(B50) Sicilian, 78 moves, 1-0

Tata Steal
Giri vs Shankland, 2019 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 45 moves, 1-0

I rig a draw award - A. Giri
Giri vs Carlsen, 2019 
(B33) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Justin Time
V Kovalev vs Carlsen, 2022 
(C01) French, Exchange, 59 moves, 0-1

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