NN demonstrates his skill in suicide chess
W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Quantity is not enough
Kasparov vs The World, 1999  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
Queen Odds...with a twist. 3 Queens vs 2. The Kings are confuse
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
Panno couldn't take in 1. c4!!
Fischer vs Panno, 1970  (A10) English, 1 moves, 1-0
Black: I get a rook, queen, and bishop... I've been mated!
C Hartlaub vs Testa, 1912  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Kasparov loses! What happened??
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
A Morphy classic!
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Check, CHeck, CHEck, CHECk!!
J Polgar vs Morozevich, 2008  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 146 moves, 1/2-1/2
Deadly Queen sac!
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
King & pawn vs king
Burn vs Pillsbury, 1898  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
Moral: Don't play 3...Bg4
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Knight promotion to mate!!
W Strum vs J McManus, 1997  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 40 moves, 1-0
two promotions to BISHOPS!
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
A promotion... to a Bishop?!!
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0
Knight, Bishop, and Rook defeat Queen
Karpov vs Timman, 1986  (A15) English, 105 moves, 1-0
???
J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
oldest game ever
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Six Knights
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
Greco always wins
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 1-0
overprotecting
A Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
the g pawn promotes
Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2004  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0
Don't be a copycat
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
weird promotions
Minasian vs V Eingorn, 1991  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
King helps deliver mate
H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Morphy beats his dad!
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1856  (C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Lasker gets DESTROYED!
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
What happened?
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
Four Queens and Kasparov falls to a Bishop.
R Korsunsky vs Kasparov, 1976  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 76 moves, 1-0
...Ra8#
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847  (000) Chess variants, 49 moves, 0-1
Freedom loses to Chaos
Freedom vs Chaos, 1974  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
The pipe game
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Money is not enough
Rozentalis vs D Money, 1999  (B53) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
How to sac a Queen 3 times
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
What a blunder!!!!!
A Cherniaev vs S Conquest, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 88 moves, 1-0
Fischerandom chess
Leko vs Adams, 2001  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Okay, maybe not so funny... the game was. Not the kibitzes
Kramnik vs Anand, 1999  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 70 moves, 1-0
first chessgames consultation match
M Ronteltap / Allies vs R Barber / Allies, 2006  (B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Knight Can't Mate what a pun! A pawn can, though
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
19. Rxg7+! Bxg7 20. Rg1 and 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 double R sac
A Ostapenko vs Yartsev, 1969  (B89) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
is there a coincidence with the IDs?
J Sunye Neto vs Adams, 1996  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
on move 50 both players missed 51. Qh7#
F Bellini vs V Gashimov, 2002  (B30) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
What weakness?
J Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
65...Kb2 draws! Black blunders with 65...Rb1?, losing
J Hector vs J Carstensen, 2003  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1-0
The bishop takes out the queen!
Morozevich vs Topalov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 75 moves, 0-1
Exchange Gambit Declined (18...Rhe8 19 Bf2)
J Shaw vs G Swathi, 2006  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 48 moves, 1-0
Prearranged? We like it anyway
Huebner vs K Rogoff, 1972  (A15) English, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
25 Qe8+!!
H Danielsen vs P H Nielsen, 2003  (A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
33 Bf2!! pins the b6-bishop so it can't guard d8.
M Mansoor vs V Cox, 1986  (C57) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1-0
not ha-ha, but Reshevsky died, so the game couldn't go on
Reshevsky vs D Zechiel, 1990  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 37 moves,
acirce vs suenteus po 147
U Hammarstrom vs P A Fontaine, 2007  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
37...Ke7??
Miles vs Short, 1976  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
spielmann had no time for sacrificing
W Michel vs Spielmann, 1926  (A43) Old Benoni, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
49 b4!! and black's dead, even though he's up a rook & exchange
A Timofeev vs Khismatullin, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
White sacrifices Q twice for another one
H Schussler vs H Akvist, 1976  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 87 moves, 1-0
tell the master................
Master vs Tell, 1974  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0
I played better than this when I was nine years old
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
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