Get back to bed, Barbara.
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0
I was trapped. My heart beat wildly.
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
I ain't two people, am I?
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
How can I be looking at me?
Stahlberg vs A Becker, 1944  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0
Hanged for a double murder.
P Nikolic vs J Piket, 2000  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 61 moves, 1-0
Where is my horse?
Radjabov vs Karpov, 2001 (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
All the fine gentlemen at the inn.
Anand vs Karpov, 1991  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
I'll saddle my horse myself
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
At the tavern the barman was serving them tea.
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0
A packet of money from the sweepstakes
E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1852  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 46 moves, 0-1
The dead can't rise from the grave
Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
An old Vaudeville actor
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1876  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 53 moves, 1-0
The inn is surrounded by the police
Euwe vs Reshevsky, 1938  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 56 moves, 0-1
169: Caput Mortuum
Reshevsky vs Denker, 1934  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Sugar sweetness, bite of lime, volcano hotness
Nakamura vs A J Goldsby, 2003  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 27 moves, 1-0
It's the same man in both pictures!
M J Turner vs C Hanley, 2012  (C45) Scotch Game, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
I'll buy you a rock you'll have trouble lifting
Kavalek vs Bronstein, 1966  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 68 moves, 0-1
Most Distasteful. Let's Find The Alien
L Schmid vs A Dueckstein, 1963  (C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
Something Funny in his Eyes
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1898  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
Mickey Rooney - DEAD
Seirawan vs Miles, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Sophia solved the giant problem
J R Adair vs Nakamura, 2014  (B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 0-1
An ancient Aztec Legend
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
Stuff your handbags with hay
Geller vs Smyslov, 1953  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 33 moves, 0-1
Bishop followed by a moon shadow
Nakamura vs Kasparov, 2017  (D80) Grunfeld, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Twenty years already
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1922  (D75) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wings of Danger
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2023  (C46) Three Knights, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karklins and Chow MUST be destroyed
E Karklins vs A C Chow, 1982  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 30 moves, 1-0
Nervous Debility or Viragitis
Niemann vs M Bartel, 2023  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 75 moves, 0-1
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