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Is my horseless carriage ready?
Compiled by offramp
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Some games get far too much attention for what they are. Often it's a case on 'one player playes, the other applauds..."

If I had possession over Judgment Day
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1

There must be a better way...
Botvinnik vs E Zagoryansky, 1943 
(A13) English, 42 moves, 1-0

All our research had been criminal
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Within 100 miles of the moon
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

A crater in New Mexico
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0

Moon men started a nuclear war
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Long before we earthmen knew it
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1

Air speed 24,852 km/hr
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

Tedious near you
Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962 
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Frozen Shark
Sutovsky vs Z Kozul, 2012 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 36 moves, 1-0

A Diamond in a Bag of Nuts
Geller vs Bronstein, 1968 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

A Diamond Behind the Bell
Suetin vs Bronstein, 1952 
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Pay her off tell her to get lost
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1845 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

Across the field to the hangar
M Ragger vs Grischuk, 2013 
(D85) Grunfeld, 49 moves, 0-1

Your brain will be placed in a basin
E Petrovicova vs S Konopkova, 1990 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

There was bad weather two days ago...
J Adamski vs Geller, 1968 
(E73) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1

The trip to Italy
Reshevsky vs Geller, 1967 
(E92) King's Indian, 73 moves, 1-0

I didn't realise that was your knee
H van Riemsdijk vs S J Solomon, 2010
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Huskie Nasketball
R van Ketel vs O Organdziev, 2010 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 1-0

Ten Violent Woman
I Sokolov vs Salov, 1997 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 102 moves, 0-1

I do not steal to sell
R Schmaltz vs R Har-Zvi, 2001 
(C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 0-1

Don't touch my moustache!
M Lahav vs M Shibata, 2018 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 0-1

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