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Games that don't fit in my other collections.
Compiled by Rubenus
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White only moved with pawns!
R Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950 
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

Look at black's pawn structure after 18 moves.
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1

A computer making a huge blunder!
Chess vs Short, 1977 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

3. Ke2!! one of the best moves ever played
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  
(B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1

2...Ke7!! is nearly the best move ever played.
E Schiller vs H Pack, 1969 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0

Black could have refuted the whole idea in many ways.
C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0

Kramnik missed a mate in ONE!!!
Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0

BOTH players missed a mate in one similar to the previous game.
F Bellini vs V Gashimov, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2

1400 player against 700 player!!!!
D Heisman vs D Fennick, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

White manages to lose his pieces as quickly as possible.
J Schulten vs Saint-Amant, 1842 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 20 moves, 0-1

Morphy makes a blunder and loses to John Schulten!!!
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0

Fantastic game! Kasparov could not have done better!
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1

Amazing opening and a missed mate in one (41. Qg7#)
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995 
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Nice back rank combination.
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

1. h4!!, very good move!
G Welling vs E ten Haaf, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Pawn fork on move four!
M Mas vs R Guerrero, 1991 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Not really stupid, but white played poorly. 8...Qb5!! is nice.
M Hancas vs E G Reicher, 1987 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1

Funny!
F Perrin vs NN, 1883 
(C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0

Five queens!!!!
Z Mackic vs A Maksimenko, 1994 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 0-1

Fantastic game!!!
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

White wins using a 1. h3 2. a3 opening!!!
G Welling vs F Obers, 1992 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

White wins without pawns.
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  
(000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0

Brilliant knight and queen sacrifice!!!
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2001 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 14 moves, 1-0

32 moves without captures
R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

?? Too strange!!??!?!?@##?$@#?$#@?$#!%$%
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  
(C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Fritz is beaten by the "Alterman Wall"
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0

Stalemate!!!
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Interesting draw
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

How not to play the Giuoco Pianissimo
Roman vs E Schiller, 1970  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 11 moves, 0-1

Amazing!!!!!!
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971 
(E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

Queen is trapped in the middle of the board!
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Cool and unusual
Zvjaginsev vs Morozevich, 2005 
(C00) French Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

???? Worst game ever.
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1

Really unsound sacrifices but nice mate
F Young vs L Dore, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 22 moves, 1-0

White realizes the danger too late...
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1888 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1

WAt een onzin!!!!!
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983 
(C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0

Nice knights
A Sokolov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

Amazing final position
H Leo vs K Dyke, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

time pressure (?)
I A Zaitsev vs V Inkiov, 1989 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

Shortest stalemate
J Upmark vs Robin Johansson, 1995 
(A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

Knight outposts
Schlechter vs W John, 1905 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0

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