Forked!
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Skewered!
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
Smothered!
Bird vs NN, 1869  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
Cornered!
Blackburne vs J M Hanham, 1889  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0
BeKnighted!
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
Legally Trapped!
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
Chased! (take my pieces... please!)
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Mocked!
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Exposed!
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
Marched down the board!
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Marched across the board!
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Hopscotched to Mate in 10!
B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Attacked With Heavy Artillery!
P Bilguer vs K Schorn, 1839  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Threatened into submission with Forks and Pins!
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
Visited by a Royal Neighbor!
R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Visited by the Clergy!
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
X-ed out!
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
The Center of Attention (standing in the corner)
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
A Pincushion!
G Chandler vs R Kynoch, 1981  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Errr, nevermind...
W A Brown vs R Kneebone, 1985  (B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
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