Against Philidor when he was a piece down
Philidor vs NN, 1749  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 40 moves, 0-1
Stick a promoted Queen in, get a Knight up and Philidor's done
Philidor vs NN, 1749  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 44 moves, 0-1
NN seems to win more with Black
J Wilson vs NN, 1795  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 0-1
NN likes the King's Gambit Accepted
J Wilson vs NN, 1795  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 0-1
Unstoppable promotion. Don't grab Bishops blindly against NN
NN vs F von Mauvillon, 1804  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
brilliant win through underpromotion
J Sarratt vs NN, 1810  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 0-1
his opponent is blindfolded
NN vs von der Lasa, 1838  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Staunton (!!) loses to a pesky little Knight.
NN vs Staunton, 1841  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
This king must be tired of checks
NN vs C Jaenisch, 1842  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Skewered
C Jaenisch vs NN, 1842  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 0-1
NN: "I told you the Stafford Defense was bad."
Allies vs Staunton, 1857  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
The smothered Queen
NN vs de Riviere, 1867  (C51) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Blackburne vs J P Lea, 1890  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs NN, 1908  (A10) English, 14 moves, 0-1
NN makes Marshall fall
F Malthan vs Marshall, 1908  (A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
fork!!
S Howell-Smith vs NN, 1911  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1
And NN beats Lasker!!
Lasker vs Navarro, 1921  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1
Alekhine #1
Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Alekhine #2
Alekhine vs C de Montmartre, 1925  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 37 moves, 0-1
Alekhine # 3
Alekhine vs Echiquier Notre-Dame, 1925  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
NN beats Lasker and Wolf in consultation and the Black pieces!!
Lasker / Wolf vs Allies, 1934  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 44 moves, 0-1
An NN checkmate minature
D G Ellison vs C Gurnhill, 1966  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
NN gets Bishop Pair
NN vs A Karsayev, 1973  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
checkmate in six moves
NN vs Cornelissen, 1974  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Bxf7+!!! Simply boggles the mind...
NN vs Shearer, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
two hung pieces on the second day of Christmas
M Howard vs P C Long, 1983  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1
Two NNs win a GM
NN vs Sosonko, 1986  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 58 moves, 1-0
Why did his opponent resign?
Kirkpatrick vs NN, 1987  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
J Sarfati vs NN, 2006  (A12) English with b3, 43 moves, 0-1
M Umansky vs NN, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 54 moves, 0-1
1 pawn, two Rooks, and King vs 5 pawns, 2 Rooks, and King
M Umansky vs NN, 2005  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 50 moves, 0-1
discovered check in 5 moves
NN vs E Fossan, 1991  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
L B Hansen vs R Cifuentes, 1994  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 1-0
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