Flohr Bewitched by an Illusion Flohr vs H Grob, 1933  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 Max Pavey (American great) falls into a stalemate trap I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 Reshevsky falls into a stalemate trap C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 Should it be Légal for you to play chess if you fall into this? F Knauer vs H Boehm, 1995  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 8 moves, 1-0 A Légal theme in a Ruy Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0 Spielmann gets angry when you pin his pieces Spielmann vs Hromadka, 1922  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0 Capablanca's Immortal Move O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Castling into Calamity Ed Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0 Make Me A Samisch Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0 Andor Bows to Nobody Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0 Qc1!! Rubinstein outduels Capablanca Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911   (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0 Oh no! He hung a King Henricksen vs Pedersen, 1937  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1 Black loses his way and a piece in a tactical labyrinth V Vepkhvishvili vs J Wiedersich, 1993  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0 A Nemeth-esque gambit, a quarter of a century before Nemeth B Espedal vs D Winslow, 1977  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 1-0 Lightning in Leipzig NN vs P Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1 An ill-timed developing move drops a pawn S Cucancic vs D Lazic, 2010  (C41) Philidor Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 "The Pig's Mate" N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1 White drops a Rook, tries to win the Queen, then loses his King NN vs W Schelfhout, 1910  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1 5 pawn moves + 3 king moves = 0 on the scorecard B Wall vs V Greenwalt, 1983  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0 LoNdoN Broil C Damant vs NN, 1932  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 8 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann't I A Horowitz vs I Gudju, 1931  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 Tarrasch And His Trap Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 12 moves, 1-0 Black wins a piece with a trap but hits the skids Tarrasch vs Bogoljubov, 1920  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0 Black's Knight kicks and froths but still ends up dog chow E Canal vs A Becker, 1929  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 43 moves, 1-0 Noah? This is what happens when you defy your Bishop E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1 Wailing Wall B Wall vs D Erb, 1982  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1 Tarrasch, out to lunch, gets an early dinner W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0 Black clings to a pawn and gets zapped for a piece Greco vs NN, 1620  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0 "Checkmate to Your Queen" NN vs Beis, 1940  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1 The "Cambridge Springs" Trap C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1847  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1 Feuer On Board O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0 See gid 1243014 for the stunning (and averted) trap Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 White's Queen isn't much good when sent off to Egypt G Stoltz vs Kotov, 1952  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 0-1 Blackburne smashes a stalemate trap Blackburne vs Winawer, 1881   (C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0 Marshall steals a game with wizardly combinations Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0 Helling pushes White into Hell L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 18 moves, 0-1 A Fine Mess Fine vs M Yudovich Sr, 1937  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1 A blazing-gun duel won by Rossolimo Rossolimo vs T van Scheltinga, 1953  (B57) Sicilian, 47 moves, 1-0 Marshall traps the trapper Bernstein Marshall vs O Bernstein, 1914  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 Vidmar traps the trapper Euwe Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0 Reti traps the trapper Euwe Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 Lipschutz traps the trapper Delmar E Delmar vs Lipschutz, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 0-1 Thrust and Counterthrust: Alekhine vs. Bogolyubov Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2 Thrust and Counterthrust: Alekhine vs. Teichmann Alekhine vs Teichmann, 1923  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 Thrust and Counterthrust: Rubinstein vs. Spielmann Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1928  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1 Thrust and Counterthrust: Stoltz vs. Colle G Stoltz vs Colle, 1931  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 0-1 Thrust and Counterthrust: Maroczy vs. Alapin Maroczy vs Alapin, 1905  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 47 games