Checkmate by castling
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
And again!
A Kvicala vs NN, 1869  (B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
My little checkmate by underpromotion
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD pwned him!?
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1
The mirror crack'd from side to side.
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0
Quadrupled Pawns
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Long live King Solomon!
Burn vs O Chajes, 1911  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 115 moves, 1-0
Checkmate and fork at once
O Sundstrom vs D Holm, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Don't quit while you're ahead!
Torre vs F E Parker, 1924  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Double discovered mate
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
The king hunt backfires.
H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
I know I'd get skunked if I tried that sort of opening play!
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
NINE passed Pawns at once!
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1
On the wings of victory
G Goldberg vs Bronstein, 1961  (A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 48 moves, 1-0
Victory in 32 moves with eight pawns retained!
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
A bloodless opening and middle game
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Made castling onto a pawnless side work, but don't try @ home.
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1975  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 0-1
1. h4 wins and NOT by default!
G Welling vs E ten Haaf, 1981  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Biggest blunder in the Grob
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
17 Pawn moves before any pieces--and he still wins!
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Crowded center in the middlegame
Azmaiparashvili vs Ivanchuk, 1989  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lost on time just as he was reaching to deliver checkmate
A Ivanov vs Yermolinsky, 1993  (B57) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
An even longer bloodless game!
R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Early K move blunder--still wins!
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
An end to development.
G Bailey vs E Fischvogt, 1999  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Pawn wall on Move XXVI
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Reset Button
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
115 moves and no Pawns lost
Z Zhang vs G Timoscenko, 2002  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 115 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pinkie, Rares, Twilight, Applejack, Dashie, & 'Shy pwn the King
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
Their Graces pwn!
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
NINEfold repetition!
I Cheparinov vs Ljubojevic, 2008  (C10) French, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
Double bare K's at GM level!
V Kovalev vs Kramnik, 2018  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 104 moves, 1/2-1/2
No K-side pieces developed until move 18--and he's NOT pwned!?
Nepomniachtchi vs A Esipenko, 2023  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 88 moves, 1/2-1/2
Usually it's the players who blunder, not the clock!
D Gukesh vs Nepomniachtchi, 2024  (E01) Catalan, Closed, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
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