Champion blunders
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Strong vs Weak
Morphy vs NN, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
8 pawn gambit
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
269 moves long game
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2
4 Queens
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black K on g1 in final position
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Game!!! How to win when you're 21 units down
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
King opening
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
0-0-0!! Qd8+!! Bg5+!!
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
The third knight draws!!
L Day vs Timman, 1980  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
The great Fischer hunts the great Tal
Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
knight fork!!!
Z Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001  (C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
underpromotion ... endgame with crazy rooks...
Deep Junior vs Deep Fritz, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 109 moves, 1-0
two promotions to BISHOPS!!
Fedorowicz vs E Meyer, 1978  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 1-0
After e1=B there are SIX BISHOPS!
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
The Queen goes back in the box.
F Perrin vs NN, 1883  (C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0
The Dancing Knights
A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996  (A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
6 Knights!!!
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
epaulette mate
Showalter vs J L Logan, 1890  (C51) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Go Morphy! Don't play Bg4
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Game of the century!!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Two kings in 42 moves
K Kokolias vs H Vedder, 2008  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
White king is on h8!!! And wins!!!
J van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Check is answered with checkmate
Alekhine vs A Popovic, 1930  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Don't copy your opponent
Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
How to crush the world champ- be Hartlaub
C Hartlaub vs Lasker, 1904  (C56) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
4 promotions
H Wolf vs Duras, 1907  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 168 moves, 1-0
Odds game
McDonnell vs NN, 1830  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
Another Odds game
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847  (000) Chess variants, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Horsing Around
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
The drunk King opening
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
Does NN always lose or what???
Najdorf vs NN, 1942  (C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
"I am Lord Nimzowitsch"
Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
115 moves go by. No pawns are taken. (????)
Z Zhang vs G Timoscenko, 2002  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 115 moves, 1/2-1/2
What the...!? Flight was delayed and missed game one
F de la Paz Perdomo vs Macieja, 2005  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 1 moves, 1-0
try solving mate in 10
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
bishop haven. Check out the bishop promotions at the end!
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen Odds. Creates empty d1 square for white
Cochrane vs NN, 1832  (000) Chess variants, 14 moves, 1-0
Immortal loser is here victory against Schulten
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Checkover that position again
Sokolsky vs V Chekhover, 1938  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 70 moves, 1-0
The game of annotations
N Davies vs The World, 2008  (A20) English, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
White draws with just a Rook against Rook, Knight, and Queen
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
doesn't Nakamura have a sense of humor?
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2007  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2
they passed the 50 move rule!
M Herrera vs B Ribeiro, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 211 moves, 1/2-1/2
Being a tyrant isn't that good
J L Clech vs P Tyrant, 1989  (C15) French, Winawer, 8 moves, 1-0
c8 bishop blocked in and later draws!!
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889  (C52) Evans Gambit, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
I was on the World Team!!
A Nickel vs The World, 2008  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
what was 16...Nc6 for?
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
THIS is the best Nickel game
A Nickel vs A Belezky, 2006  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 63 moves, 1-0
30. Qxh7+!!
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0
...you were saying, Nenarokov?
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik loses on time after 55 Kg1, forgetting about the time
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1-0
need I say anything?
Lilienthal vs Smyslov, 1941  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nxf7!!
B Lewis vs F Turner, 1949  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
the 38 Qxh7+!! isn't the only Bischoff classic
K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
52 Bxf7+!! removes the guard of the h6-bishop
Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower, 1929  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 53 moves, 1-0
40 Qxg7+!!
Kasimdzhanov vs R D Miedema, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
Fischer uses nasty backrank tactic to grab a pawn from Keres
Fischer vs Keres, 1962  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Qxh6+!!!!
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Didn't he play Garpov and lose a match to Gramnik?
V Vepkhvishvili vs G Gasparov, 1968  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
best
H Schussler vs H Akvist, 1976  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 87 moves, 1-0
very nice attack
G Welling vs J A Nilssen, 1997  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 28 moves, 1-0
47....Bf1 looks nice but still loses
V Nenarokov vs N Grigoriev, 1927 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
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