Who else but Bird?
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Freebird
Bird vs J W Shaw, 1877  (000) Chess variants, 50 moves, 1-0
Negative Immortality
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
Even a bad bishop doesn't deserve to be this frustrated
Charousek vs Maroczy, 1895  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nc5!
Charousek vs E Schallopp, 1898  (C26) Vienna, 34 moves, 1-0
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
J W te Kolste vs F W Pelzer, 1899  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
White knights on a1 and h1
Pillsbury vs Janowski, 1902  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 0-1
Fastest doubling of rooks on the eighth rank
J Mieses vs Swiderski, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0
Castle early and often
E Cohn vs E E Middleton, 1905  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Triple play
Janowski vs D Przepiorka, 1906  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 0-1
A pinned queen is still a queen
F K Young vs H Stone, 1907  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Diagonal Excelsior
J F Cross vs E Michelsen, 1907  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
End Passant
Maroczy vs J Berger, 1908  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1
Now THIS is a fork!
O Sundstrom vs D Holm, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Block Trading
Janowski vs O Bernstein, 1914  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Just to make Kingcrusher happy
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Using the king in t he endgame
L Rellstab vs Kashdan, 1930  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
King Poseidon
I Kan vs V Makogonov, 1939  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Bridg-It!
Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
The bishops pared
J Klavins vs Ragozin, 1951  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
Pinfall Wizard
A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1
Ughzwang
R H Steinmeyer vs J E Warren, 1955  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Oh, you're allowed to promote to a queen?
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0
11 isolated pawns after 23.bxc3
J Sherwin vs H Berliner, 1962  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 36 moves, 0-1
The Tomb Game -- and in a Halloween tournament, no less.
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
When in doubt, castle.
T Espig vs G Moehring, 1973  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Black makes two en passant captures
M Graber vs Timman, 1974  (A17) English, 26 moves, 0-1
Smorgasbord!
A Laster vs R Gahtan, 1975  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0
There's no place like home
Csom vs W Martz, 1975  (A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Step aside, boys; I'll handle this!
Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1
Go ahead and take my knights. I'll find another one.
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Seventeen quick pawn moves led the big parade
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
That's not how Reinfeld taught us to trade queens
Hort vs Hodgson, 1986  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 63 moves, 0-1
Knight moves
R Hawkes vs K Spraggett, 1986  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Zwischenfork!
P Wolff vs Ivanchuk, 1987  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
Now THIS is a pawn center
J F van der Hoeven vs F Lucas, 1989  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Even more--and more, and more, and more--knight moves
Hodgson vs D Gluckman, 1992  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
All You Can Eat Smorgasbord!
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993  (E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Useless Interposition Game
J Waitzkin vs P Jaracz, 1994  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 0-1
Latest Chess 960 position, after Black's 21st move.
A Lastin vs Tseshkovsky, 1995  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0
What did you expect? d-pawn openers can't play serious chess.
A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996  (A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
Extended polygamy
M Ashley vs de Firmian, 1996  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 75 moves, 0-1
Double Triple
K Arakhamia-Grant vs Smyslov, 1997  (C27) Vienna Game, 50 moves, 1-0
Worst position of all time?
G Bailey vs E Fischvogt, 1999  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Five empty ranks, 18 pieces total
A Hantak vs Pavol Vach, 2000  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Looks more like Six Feet Under Fritz
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Allumwandlung!
P Jaracz vs J Jackova, 2001  (A28) English, 32 moves, 1-0
Not Duda's Day
M Mrva vs J Dudas, 2001  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Knight to the Eighth
V Petkovski vs Timoshenko, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 0-1
The Thin Black LIne
A Adly vs Rublevsky, 2004  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
The infantry disintegrates between moves 15 and 31
A Gorovets vs R Pile, 2006  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sing a song of six knights
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
W47
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2009  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Clerical stuff
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
Clump chess!
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2009  (E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Doomsday Square
E Nakar vs A Merry, 2014  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1
Rules Don't
Rapport vs A Adly, 2015  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
White moves all eight pawns in 11 moves
D Wagner vs P Nikolic, 2017  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 22 moves, 1-0
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