"Rubinstein is Blumen" (R)
Rubinstein vs B Blumenfeld, 1906  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
"Pardon Me!" (D)
Timman vs J Garcia Padron, 1981  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 57 moves, 1-0
"A Romanish Time" (D)
Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0
"What's the Fuss?" (G/S, D)
Spielmann vs Immo Fuss, 1934  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
"Taking a Big Bite Out of a Hohenberger" (R)
G Eichler vs Karl Hohenberger, 1980 (C29) Vienna Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
"On the Air" (D)
Kasparov vs TV viewers, 1991  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 27 moves, 1-0
"Playing the Hromadka" (G,D)
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
"AJ the Young on a Cast" (R)
Alan Young vs A Cast, 2007  (C13) French, 50 moves, 0-1
"Minor Piece Mania" (G, D)
Bronstein vs Tal, 1968  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
"'The Computer That Time Forgot" (D)
Deep Junior vs Komodo, 2010  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 110 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Ladies First" (S)
Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
"It's A Blindfold Miracle!" (R)
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 1-0
"Do the Knight Dance" (D)
Anand vs Topalov, 2011  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 67 moves, 1-0
"Playing it Rapidly" (R)
V Gashimov vs Carlsen, 2011  (C11) French, 49 moves, 0-1
"The Pope Lectured his Nunn" (D)
Nunn vs A Pope, 1972  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
"Peeking and Greeting at Pawn Islands" (D)
M Peek vs A Greet, 2006  (E12) Queen's Indian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Tearing Apart the Wall of Berlin" (R)
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 90 moves, 1-0
"The Baker had the King on Toast" (D)
B King vs W Baker, 1958  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
"Shopping at the Mall" (R)
Pillsbury vs K Moll, 1902  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 0-1
"A Knight to Remember" (R)
Capablanca vs H E Chambers, 1912  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 0-1
"Every Move You Make" (R/G)
Kasparov vs Sting, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
"Swindled into Stalemate" (G,D)
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Neo Hero" (P)
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1998  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
"I don't Gormally win, but when I do, I sac by queen" (P)
D Gormally vs S Meenakshi, 2002  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 52 moves, 1-0
"Dutch Fries" (D)
Timman vs J O Fries-Nielsen, 2014  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
"Hugs and Kisses" (D)
Van Wely vs Hug, 1994  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
"Rapport Card" (S)
B Bok vs Rapport, 2014  (C41) Philidor Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
"The Million-Dollar Knightmare" (P)
S Schmakel vs Dreev, 2014  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1
"Fall of the wall" (G/S, grr) (D)
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
"Crossing the Delebarre River" (P)
X Delebarre vs L Cursoux, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
"We're English, and the English are best at everything" (R)
W Golding vs Adams, 2014  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
"Tom and Jerry" (P)
T O'Donnell vs J Xiong, 2009  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 59 moves, 1-0
"Triple Queen Sacrifice" (G,R)
V Gunina vs Sevian, 2015  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 0-1
"One man's junk is Anandther man's Treasure" (P)
Anand vs Speelman, 1996  (A09) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Brevity is the Soul of Wit (R)
P De Wit vs Frans van Vugt, 1986 (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 10 moves, 1-0
Do You Know the Wei? (S)
Wei Yi vs Y Yu, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0
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