The greatest swindle ever Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 "Swindle of the Century," but Christiansen-Beliavsky is better Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 Stalemate and zugzwang save Schlechter's hide Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 A crazy rook Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2 Post escapes Nimzo's crazy rook, but only for a while E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 Poor Black had FIVE extra pawns J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 55.Kf1! would have won Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1906  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kasparov falls into a stalemate trap Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Hey, Murray, look -- free knight! Chandler vs S Polgar, 1987  (B33) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 A surprising stalemate trick saves Kramnik Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2 Geller swindles an overconfident Reshevsky Reshevsky vs Geller, 1953  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 A witty conclusion M Walter vs G Nagy, 1924  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 Another crazy rook Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 The wily old fox tricks the young Smyslov O Bernstein vs Smyslov, 1946  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2 Pavey finds a combination . . . I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Passed pawns must be pushed? J Fichtl vs F Blatny, 1956  (A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Oops! Portisch steps in it Portisch vs Lengyel, 1964  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 White naively offers to trade queens . . . W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 Black has four mobile pieces, but still forces stalemate! S Boyd vs T Glimbrant, 1992  (C49) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 Shortest possible stalemate J Upmark vs Robin Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 Stalemate with all the pieces on the board J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2 A knight and pawn up, B can't find a way to avoid stalemate E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2 A nice stalemate swindle in a knight ending Grischuk vs Polgar, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2 Stalemate swindle costs poor Adorjan a Candidates match Huebner vs Adorjan, 1980  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 Walbrodt-Charousek K Walbrodt vs Charousek, 1896  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2 The greatest stalemate combination ever! Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 All roads lead to stalemate Keres vs Fischer, 1962  (B20) Sicilian, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2 59...Bg7! 60.Rh4 Bd4! would've drawn R G Hegde vs S Palatnik, 1988  (E17) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 1-0 Black missed 35... b6!! 36. Qxc6 Ne3+! 37. Rxe3 Qf1+! Korchnoi vs Vaganian, 1989  (C01) French, Exchange, 62 moves, 1-0 Reshevsky falls for a stalemate trap (first of 3) C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 Another crazy rook K Wockenfuss vs Andersson, 1977  (B10) Caro-Kann, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2 White missed 37.Bxe4! F J Perez Perez vs Ivkov, 1962  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 36 moves, 0-1 Yet another crazy rook Miles vs S Rachels, 1989  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Two crazy rooks Cmilyte vs Lagno, 2012  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 A diabolical swindle Znosko-Borovsky vs Salwe, 1907  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 Crazy rooks Huebner vs Salov, 1989  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 55.Bf3?? H Heinicke vs Rellstab, 1939  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 49.hxg4?? Jakovenko vs Gelfand, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2 D H Campora vs K Shirazi, 1981  (B69) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2 Ribli vs Spassky, 1985  (A15) English, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2 Browne vs A Planinc, 1974  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 D Rovner vs L Guldin, 1939  (C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2 V F Titenko vs J Murey, 1963  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 G Danielsson vs W Lange, 1952  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 White missed 42.Rxg8! Kxg8 43.Rg3+! Taimanov vs Geller, 1951   (A48) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 A Matanovic vs Lengyel, 1964 (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2 White missed 76.Qxg7+! Kxg7 77.Nxf5+! Hjartarson vs P Popovic, 1987  (A16) English, 77 moves, 0-1 Duda vs V Fedoseev, 2018  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2 38.Nd7! avoids stalemate E Lawson vs M Tomb, 2003  (B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0 Euwe avoids stalemate, wins rook and bishop versus rook Grob vs Euwe, 1948  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 101 moves, 0-1 The shortest known serious game ending in stalemate M Sibilio vs S Mariotti, 1982  (C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 52 games