Origin of the family fork P Damiano vs NN, 1497  (C42) Petrov Defense, 14 moves, 1-0 The first known use of what would become an elementary trap De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0 La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834   (C23) Bishop's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1 N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1 J Smith vs G H Derrickson, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1 H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1 J Mieses vs B Richter, 1887  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 76 moves, 1-0 "That pony really needs to chillax!" -- Rainbow Dash Lipschutz vs Bird, 1889  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 159 moves, 1/2-1/2 Capablanca vs R Gibson, 1910  (C21) Center Game, 21 moves, 1-0 P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1 O Sundstrom vs D Holm, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 Capablanca vs A Kramer, 1914  (C26) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1 "My little pony/My little pony/What will today's adventure be?" M Warren vs J Selman, 1930  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1 Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 96 moves, 0-1 J Cukierman vs NN, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0 NN vs G Geshev, 1935  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1 Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1 H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0 I Raud vs Tartakower, 1937  (C41) Philidor Defense, 26 moves, 0-1 A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0 All your base are belong to us. G Kluger vs Nagy, 1942  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0 Promotion to N with mate to prevent being mated. W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1 Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Montjanu vs Choare, 1948  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1 Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 Q-sac accepted or rejected, My Little Checkmate must happen. N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 J Sherwin vs A Feuerstein, 1957  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 57 moves, 0-1 Schneider vs Schmidts, 1958  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1 Keene vs E Fielder, 1964   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0 A corner Knight is usually dim, but not this time! Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970   (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1 Z Mestrovic vs Gligoric, 1971  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1 NN vs F Rhine, 1977  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1 Kasparov vs Palatnik, 1978  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0 S From vs T Rosenlund, 1981  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 J Gallagher vs Miles, 1990  (C28) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 0-1 Starring Shining Armor in "The Family Fork" B Wall vs K Saint Amant, 1991  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0 Don't try this at home. D Martinidesz vs S Docx, 1992  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0 A Kovacevic vs G Tringov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1-0 Underpromotion to win a Rook P Cramling vs A Galliamova, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0 S Shipov vs V Gagarin, 1994  (E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0 A Rabinovich vs L Christiansen, 1995  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1 M Mankinen vs J Gronemann, 1999  (B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0 My Little Pony: Windmills are Magic L Passmoor vs L Warstad, 1999  (C46) Three Knights, 16 moves, 1-0 Topalov vs Karpov, 2000  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 74 moves, 1-0 Z Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001  (C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0 J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0 H Herraiz Hidalgo vs T Upton, 2001  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 1-0 Anand vs Ponomariov, 2003  (B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0 T Luther vs M Thinius, 2004  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2 Polgar vs Adams, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 2 horses and a K mean mate despite forcing White to queen a P. R Soupizon vs A Guthrie, 2006  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 75 moves, 0-1 Six Elements of Harmony Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1 R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1 Promotion to N was the only way to escape checkmate. N Huschenbeth vs R Swinkels, 2008  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2 Aronian vs Topalov, 2008  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 0-1 V Akopian vs Karjakin, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 71 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2009  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0 "Giddyup/Derby racers/Giddyup/Derby racers..." Anand vs Topalov, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2 S van de Venter vs A Kromhout, 2011  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 E Manet vs N Giffard, 2013  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 18 moves, 0-1 Nakamura vs B Savchenko, 2014  (C00) French Defense, 87 moves, 1-0 K Kucuksari vs A Betaneli, 2017  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 120 moves, 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek vs M Yilmaz, 2018 (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0 Nakamura vs Firouzja, 2020  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0 69 games