A Greek gift
NN vs Greco, 1620  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1
Lucena de luxe
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
Confess, this is a fake!
J J Rousseau vs D Hume, 1765  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1855  (D94) Grunfeld, 21 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
And now for something completely different ...
Bird vs NN, 1869  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
H Gifford vs T C ter Haar, 1873  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
With the help of a boo!! move
Napoleao dos Santos vs J Caldas Vianna, 1880  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Blackburne vs Thomson, 1885  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Bird / Dobell vs NN, 1886  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
F Young vs L Dore, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Kolb, 1894  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
Well, sort of
J M Hanham vs Steinitz, 1894  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 0-1
Burn vs Owen, 1898  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
G Schaaff vs C Hartlaub, 1907  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
O Bernstein vs Metger, 1907  (A22) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Menzel, 1923  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
20... Qxc6 21.c5+ Kh8 22.Nf7+ .. etc
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
Koltanowski vs J Salazar, 1940  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Dake vs J Schmitt, 1949  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968  (A12) English with b3, 20 moves, 1-0
M Hebden vs Nunn, 1979  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
26... Rxc8 27.Qxd5+ .. etc
Ribli vs Chandler, 1982  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs M Wahls, 1992  (B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 1-0
Adams vs Kotronias, 1993  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
H Namyslo vs R Lau, 1996  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
Philidor de luxe
Smirin vs F Ribeiro, 1997  (C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0
Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0
K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
S Duron Godoy vs V Garcia Castro, 2004  (B50) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1
V Da Vilhete vs R Arias Formoso, 2006  (B15) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 0-1
NN vs T McCracken, 2007  (B50) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1
W Morrow vs G Culler, 2007  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
H Reefschlaeger vs C Astengo, 2008  (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs L Batory, 2010  (C45) Scotch Game, 24 moves, 1-0
M Aulia vs K Lyons, 2012  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 34 moves, 1-0
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