sycophantasia
Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804  (C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
one of Capt. Kennedy's Waifs and Strays (1862)
Napoleon Bonaparte vs General Bertrand, 1820  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Thorold almighty
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
he ought to win
Staunton vs NN, 1840  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
from rock to sea
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
dirty deacon 1
F Deacon vs Morphy, 1859  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
dirty deacon 2
Morphy vs F Deacon, 1859  (C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Morphy didn't play this bad, Deacon did
Morphy vs F Deacon, 1859  (C52) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0
from Dr. Tartakower's launderette
Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
a mystery of faith
Guila vs G Pecci, 1875  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1
hook, line and sinker.
J Blake vs G A Hooke, 1891  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
just a variation given in the notes
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0
the original dirty rat
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
the dirty rat strikes again
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
composed game
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
ars longa, vita brevis
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
oh, where have you gone, golden days of my youth?
Lensky vs Olga, 1949  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1
relevance or fascination?
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
no rose without a thorn(ton)
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 2008  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 54 moves, 0-1
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