"Seventh Seal" Windmill...
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
French Defense
E Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901  (C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
"Rubinstein's Immortal"
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Who needs rooks and queens? "The Immortal Game"
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
1. Na3 - obscure folly delight
R Durkin vs Curtis, 1955  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
You fight well in the old style but now you meet
FIBChess vs Shredder, 2004  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
queen's pawn game
Ed Lasker vs Janowski, 1924  (A47) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 0-1
Queen's pawn h6 1
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Queen's pawn h6 2
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation. Main Line
H Machelett vs R Slobodjan, 2007 (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 32 moves, 0-1
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack. Strautins Gambit
R Schwibbe vs P Atars, 1971  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Philidor counter-gambit
T Farley vs J Cueto, 2006 (C41) Philidor Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fried Liver, crispy!
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
The Invincible Rook game
Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
1. d4 h5N!
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Anderssen "Evergreen"
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Once upon a Christmas Eve whilst drinking rum
H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
French Defense, looking for responses to Barkemeyer's opening
W Gwin vs B Wall, 1983 (C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 0-1
King Home Invasion
P Vucinic vs D Djurovic, 1986  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
Why don't like chess tournaments... Beaten by a kid again!
Keymer vs Gelfand, 2018  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Standard Line
D Billot vs A Bagheri, 2005 (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 0-1
Lasker 2 Bishop sacrifice
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Stefanova 2 Bishop sacrifice
A Stefanova vs N Kosintseva, 2012 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Gelfand 2 bishop sacrifice
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (C10) French, 26 moves, 1-0
Koenig 2 Bishop sacrifie
I Koenig vs J W Cornforth, 1952  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch 2 Bishop sacrifice (black)
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Junge 2 Bishop sacrifice
K Junge vs C Kottnauer, 1942  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Owen 2 Bishop sacrifice (black, failed) Zukertort Opening
Burn vs J Owen, 1884  (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Miles 2 Bishop sacrifice
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Dundee City 2 Bishop sacrifice (early date)
Dundee City vs Aberdeen, 1859  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 29 moves, 1-0
de Lucena 2 Bishop sacrifice (early date, black)
NN vs Lucena, 1497  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Sargent turns tables on Lasker 2 Bishop sacririce (black)
Lasker vs J Sargent, 1891  (C13) French, 28 moves, 0-1
Put a little English on it...
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018  (A17) English, 67 moves, 1-0
Fried Liver, now you're cookin' with 'lectricity (AlphaZero)
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018  (C57) Two Knights, 55 moves, 1-0
Powned
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017  (E17) Queen's Indian, 117 moves, 1-0
Frolic
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017  (E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0
e4 c5
N Mikkelsen vs J Aagaard, 2006 (B32) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
windmills
L'Ami vs Van Wely, 2017  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 45 moves, 1-0
Frumious Grob, Bloodgood's bounty
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
No ordinary fool Bloodgood Grobb
C Bloodgood vs J Boothe, 1972  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
1. Nf3 h6 (Reti)
J Mascini vs G Welling, 1988 (A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Polish opening + g4
Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Budapest gambit "Best defense - good offense. Attack!"
T T Hoang vs E Kahn, 2000 (A52) Budapest Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
"Buda-pest"
Helmer vs J Krejcik, 1917  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1
Budapest 1st known record
Adler vs Maroczy, 1896  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1
Morphy 'could 'a but should 'a?' game, nitpicking in chess
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Morphy's marauders
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Morphy's "Battle of New Orleans"
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1850  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 49 moves, 1-0
"Queen Trick" #1
Alekhine vs P Leonhardt, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
"Queen trick" #2
S Bernstein vs H Seidman, 1959  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
"Queen trick" #3 (identical to Grinberg's Strenzwilk vs Thaler)
W Berryman vs E Straat, 1919  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 14 moves, 1-0
"Queen trick" 'nother variation
Botvinnik vs N Padevsky, 1968  (E07) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Spassky plays hippopotamus
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Halloween attack example
G Minchev vs A Petrov, 1994  (C46) Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Crowley
Blackburne vs A Crowley, 1894  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
St. George defense #1
Steinitz vs J Baker, 1868  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
St. George 'wrong opening' 1980
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
St. George more options
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Wilks Barre variation, 1st known game
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Judit Polgar destroyed the World Rank #3...
Shirov vs J Polgar, 1994  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1
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