Grob Opening: General (A00) 0-1 It keeps happening to fools
B Tavassoli vs S Schoknecht, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
Grob Gambit. Declined d5, e5 (A00) 1-0 Ns help trap Q
Grob vs Sperling, 1952  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Uncommon Opening (A00) 1-0 Fool's Mate: f6 is bad, g5 is worse!
H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense: General (B00) 1-0 The Best Opening vs the Worst
R Masiyazi vs A Esse, 2014  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) 1-0 Fool's Mate mini
W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense (B06) 1-0 Failing to develop the K's kNight
Rublevsky vs C D'Amore, 2000  (B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening (A00) 1/2-1/2 Read blogger notes
Evans vs H Gordon, 1946  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mieses Opening: Reversed Rat (A00) 0-1 Bad kNight!
A Natri vs H Kallio, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense (B00) mouse click malfunction
M Pavlovic vs M Umansky, 2003  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense (B00) White has issues
L Horta vs M Dos Santos, 1984  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
3 Pawns vs Borg Def (B00) 0-1N sac opens file >connected Rs, Q
R Lancaster vs M Basman, 1982  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
3 Pawns vs Borg Def. 0-1 Castle by hand; pile on pin
J Tisdall vs M Basman, 1981  (A10) English, 33 moves, 0-1
3 Pawns vs Borg Defense (B00) 0-1 A-file battery w/N trickery
C O'Shaughnessy vs M Basman, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
3 Pawns vs Borg Def (B00) 0-1 Qside pawn roller w/piece support
A MacLeod vs P R Scott, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
3 Pawns vs Borg Def (B00) 0-1 Premature resignation; a4 traps N
L Schepers vs J L Jouy, 1983  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense 2.h4 (B00) 0-1 The Black Q is left out of the mix
H Perez Garcia vs G Welling, 1987  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Cntr Pawn Duo 3.h4 vs Borg Defense (B00) 0-1 Early R sac fails
Speelman vs M Basman, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Cntr Pawn Duo 3.h4 Borg Def. Troon Gambit (B00) 0-1Both Qs busy
P M Giulian vs M Basman, 1986  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Troon Gambit 3.h4 g4 4.Qxg4 (B00) 0-1 B+ sac
C Versteeg vs G Welling, 1993 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 35 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Deflect the Defender
H Guennewig vs H Alber, 1988  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Neither K castled
C Pritchett vs M Basman, 1986  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Borg Gambit: Poisoned Pawn Var (B00) 1-0 W needs 3 pawn moves
J Roscher vs B Bettermann, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 1-0 Activate all your pieces
V Petrienko vs J Svatos, 1992  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Borg Gambit: Rolling Knights, Impending Discovered Check 1-0
T Erben vs Forster, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 13 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1Minor exchanges help Black Q
H van Evert vs G Welling, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 1-0
G Ginsburg vs T Frey, 1988  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense (B00) 1-0 Don't move pawns when pieces need movin'
L Cierny vs B Berg, 1993 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense 1.e4 g5 (B00) 1-0 This works for W, but be alert
C Stovring vs K Petersen, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense (B00) 1-0 Where did he go wrong?!
Nunn vs M Basman, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense 4.h4 (B00) 1-0 White's timely h-file action rules
P Wolff vs T Wall, 1985  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense 4.h4 and 0-0-0 (B00) 1-0 Miniature nabs cornered R
G Wallwork vs P A Thornton, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 13 moves, 1-0
Goldsmith Defense (B00) 0-1 Pin to win and work it over
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Classic W development, Q extraction saves B, instructive R EG
P Ostojic vs M Basman, 1981  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 1-0
K's English. e5-d6-g5 (A21) 0-1 R deflection sac promotes
H Terrie vs E Tate, 2001  (A21) English, 32 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense (B00) 0-1 Black Double Fianchetto marches on Kside
C Morrison vs M Basman, 1981  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: g5-g4?!, Qxg4 (B00) 0-1
E Pospisilova vs I Kopecek, 1968  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Cntr Pawn Duo 4.Nc3 vs Carr Defense (B00) 1-0 Black is cramped
A J Mestel vs M Basman, 1992  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Carr Defense (B00) 0-1 R robs the back rank defender
S Bibby vs M Basman, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense (A00) · 1/2-1/2
N McInnes vs B de Cat, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 g5?!? Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Blindfold simul charge!?
El Dorado vs T Gareyev, 2016  (A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
KIA/Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense (A04) · 1/2-1/2
P Szabo vs P R Scott, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.e3 vs. Borg Defense (B00) 0-1 W knight needs an education
Dixon vs M Basman, 1983  (A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1
English Opening 2.e4 3.h3 4.d3 (A10) 0-1 W play is odd
E Tjong a Hung vs I Manor, 2001  (A10) English, 26 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit 1.c4 b5 2.cxb5 g5 weird(A10)0-1
F Catheley vs M Hadzikaric, 1995  (A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Nice crossfire combination
V Loginov vs G Chepukaitis, 2004  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Macho Grob Spike (A40) 0-1 White goes everywhere & nowhere
S Conquest vs M Basman, 1981  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike (A40) 0-1 Black rooks win race
C Laird vs M Basman, 1982  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike (A40) 0-1 R sac offer to promote
A Whiteley vs M Basman, 1982  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike (A40) 0-1 The White N is overloaded
M Steadman vs M Basman, 1985  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1
Center P Duo vs Borg Def (A40) 1-0
B Martin vs A F Ker, 1992 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: 3...g5 Borg Var (A45) 1-0 10.QxQd8 KxQ
Kasparov vs Y Dembo, 1994  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def 6.h4 g5 (A46) 0-1
Teichmann vs Chigorin, 1907  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Knights Variation. 3.c4 g5 (A46) 1-0
Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2014 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack vs h6, g5 Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Undoubled Pawns
Spassky vs Najdorf, 1967  (A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
London System vs Delayed Spike (D02) 0-1 Neat P race
Tomashevsky vs Y Kruppa, 2002  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1
London System 9.h4 g5 (D02) 1/2-1/2
Vidmar vs Schlechter, 1906 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Modern Def: Bg7 4.h4 g5 (B06) 0-1 Sally sees a different ending
Velimirovic vs Shamkovich, 1979  (B06) Robatsch, 73 moves, 0-1
Queen's Pawn Game 7.0-0 g4 (A46) 1-0 Six consecutive +s won't
P Zarrouati vs Hartwick Brauckmann, 1990  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Game 2 in Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World CC by Tal
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (A61) Benoni, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mikenas Def (A40) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO B; tripled Black Ps expose
Vaganian vs R Henley, 1983  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense: General (B00) 0-1 Rob the pin
M Vujovic vs M Basman, 1981  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Bg7 (B06) 1-0 Good for a smile
J Asik vs K Papas, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Correspond
Grob vs R Meier, 1942  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch (A00) 1-0 K walk
Ze Dhe vs Hicks, 1938  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Macho Grob Sicilian? (B06?) 0-1 Powerful Pawn fork & threat
Geis vs Bogoljubov, 1949  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 0-1
Torre Attk vs Modern Def./Macho Spike (A40) 0-1
R Levit vs Botvinnik, 1967  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: General (B00) 1-0 The B pair set a trap
S Collins vs S Williams, 2004  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Pawn forks both Knights
Gelfand vs T Gareyev, 2019  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 31 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: General (B00) 1/2-1/2 stalemate blunder
Idunn Helgadottir vs Aldric Laure, 2019  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Borg Def: Borg Gambit (A40) 1/2-1/2 Keep your R on the attack!
Frederic Tinguely vs Aldric Laure, 2019  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
8 out of Black's first 10 moves were pawn moves...
G Kjartansson vs Rapport, 2014  (A04) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 0-1
Gunderam Defense: General (C40) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish notes
S Connolly vs E A Perez, 2006 (C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
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