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Just a minute while I pick my jaw back up.
Compiled by Korora
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Bizarre real games.

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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