30. down a rook, no pawns, checkmate
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
26. all white pawns on fourth rank
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
20. black pawns on all center squares
J F van der Hoeven vs F Lucas, 1989  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
78. Newbie draw (GK threw away an entire tourney on this move)
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
271. Five Bishops mate (of course it's Nakamura vs. Computer)
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
155. Six Knights mate (guess who)
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
3. Are you flipping kidding me?
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1
7. ...=N# This can't be happening
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
22. All white pieces on first rank (loses)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
38. Quad pawns!
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
29. A win with all pieces still on the board
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
11. Seven black pawns on 6 (loses)
J Geller vs O Huguenin, 2004  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
29. Quad pawns (very brief... but wins!)
Van der Wiel vs Hort, 1981  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
21. All white pawns in a dark square pyramid (light square B's)
Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
24. Something must have happened to get us to this point....
A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996  (A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
58. Two pawns, two knights, six queens, immortality
E Szalanczy vs T Nguyen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
10. White queen herds all the black pieces into a corner
J Upmark vs R Johansson, 1995  (A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
12. Why isn't anybody moving? Oh...
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
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