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Weirdest. Games. Ever.
Compiled by Calchexas
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A collection of games that make you wonder...can mankind ever be saved?

Four Knights -Sicilian?!?!?
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995 
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Fischer? Playing 1.b4?!
Fischer vs J Gloger, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

No capture. No check. 0-1.
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Alekhine has 3 queens on board, NN has 2.
Alekhine vs NN, 1915 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0

'Guaranteed cure for insomnia...'
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989 
(E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine has quadrupled pawns?!?!
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Underpromotion...to a Bishop!!!
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0

An underpromotion...a weird endgame...Stupid Silicon.
Deep Junior vs Deep Fritz, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 109 moves, 1-0

The tactics never come to an end! They never start either...
Janosevic vs Geller, 1968 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 1/2-1/2

You're kidding, right?
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1858 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 50 moves, 0-1

Hey, he's cool! Lost in 3 moves...
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1

The Immortal No-Pawns Game
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  
(000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0

Fischer shows up at MIT in 1977 to play THIS game?!?
Fischer vs Mac Hack VI, 1977 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

Uh... what?
O Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

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