King of Steel R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 Steel king revisited C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 King hunt finished by move 11 Biegler vs Peperle, 1952  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1 The Spurious Classic E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Queen caught by move 11 F Perrin vs NN, 1883  (C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0 Broken mirror Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0 A rainbow of minor pieces S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1 Development is overrated?! R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0 Development IS overrated! R Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950  (B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0 Again: Development IS overrated! Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 The immortal losing game Sliwa vs Bronstein, 1957  (A81) Dutch, 29 moves, 1-0 All black pawns on 6th row after 18...c6 R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1 Four pawns on the 2nd rank F J Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1 The dubious 5-queen-game Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0 Five queens Belov vs V Prohorov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 82 moves, 0-1 Six queens E Szalanczy vs Thi Mai Hung Nguyen, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 Six queens again D Anton Guijarro vs A Franco, 2011  (A17) English, 82 moves, 1-0 Earliest double polygamy Casper vs Heckert, 1975  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Earliest knight promotion ever?! Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1 Three knights L Cohen vs J Meyer, 1972  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0 Five Knights in Belgrade Szabo vs Ivkov, 1964  (A57) Benko Gambit, 93 moves, 0-1 Two consecutive N-promotions G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1 Two consecutive N-promotions again S Schweber vs B Wexler, 1964  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 47 moves, 1-0 Habemus papam! A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0 Getting back the bishop pair D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993  (B83) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0 Five (!) rooks Serper vs C Navrotescu, 1988  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 0-1 Look what happens between moves 15 and 23 J Rudd vs P Roberson, 2006  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2 A mate rather seen in problems than OTB J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0 The Tomb Game B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 Tomb Game revisited Podgaets vs M Dvoretzky, 1974  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 Lazy queen Topalov vs Kasparov, 1995  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1 Shortest World Championship "Game" Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1 Shortest World Championship game Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (A15) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 Longest WC game ever, and first to end in stalemate Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 124 moves, 1/2-1/2 Longest decisive game between humans Fressinet vs Kosteniuk, 2007  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 237 moves, 0-1 Longest game between humans I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2 Longest double-Q-sequence Boleslavsky vs Kasparian, 1947  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 89 moves, 1-0 Most crowded pawnless endgame position ever? S Sergienko vs G Vescovi, 2010  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2 Knights to remember A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0 Cardinal sin: Greed M Lange vs NN, 1855  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 1-0 Most active promoted knight: 33 moves Antoshin vs Simagin, 1952  (A04) Reti Opening, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 Longest living quadrupled pawns G M Kovacs vs R Barth, 1994  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 White knights on a1 and h1 Pillsbury vs Janowski, 1902  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 0-1 Latest capture ever? K Rogoff vs A H Williams, 1969  (A56) Benoni Defense, 106 moves, 1/2-1/2 Earliest 50-move-rule draw A Filipowicz vs P Smederevac, 1966   (C00) French Defense, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 Decisive game w/o any capture R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 Three promotions and an uncommon pawnless endgame S Volkov vs Minasian, 2009  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 Mate by en-passant-capture G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 Both queens resurrect L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1 Uncommon exchange: 2R vs extra Q L Hazai vs L Karsa, 1976  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 The second stalemate in the World Championship Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2 Knight buried alive Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 Wall across the board A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Discovered check countered by a discovered check Kamsky vs Shirov, 1993  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1 54 games