26-08-2013, 10:13 AM
For sheer entertainment value I rather enjoyed Shimanov-Kamsky. David Oswald started getting terrifically excited about it on move 2, and the resultant blunder-fest was, if not exactly the best game of recent times, certainly quite fun.
[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ra6 14. d3 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. c3 Bc5 17. d4 Ba7 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. Qd3 Rh6 20. Rf2 Ng3 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. hxg3 Qh5 23. Kf1 fxg3 24. Rc2 Qh1 25. Ke2 Rf6 26. Ke3 Qh6 27. Ke2 Qh1 28. Qd1 Qxg2 29. Ke3 Qh3 30. Ng1 Qh1 31. Bd5 g2 32. Rf2 Rg6 33. Kd3 Bg4 34. Qe1 Bb8 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Be6 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxa5 f5 39. e5 g5 40. Rf2 f4 41. Ra1 Rh6 42. Qe4 Rh3 43. Kc2 Re3 44. Qxg2 Qh5 45. Qd5 Kh8 46. Ra8 Qg6 47. Kb3 Rxa8 48. Qxa8 Kg7 49. Qb7 Qf7 50. Qxf7 Kxf7 51. Kc2 h5 52. Kd2 Ke6 53. Nf3 g4 54. Nh4 Re4 55. Re2[/pgn]
[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ra6 14. d3 Nf6 15. Ba2 Nh5 16. c3 Bc5 17. d4 Ba7 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. Qd3 Rh6 20. Rf2 Ng3 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. hxg3 Qh5 23. Kf1 fxg3 24. Rc2 Qh1 25. Ke2 Rf6 26. Ke3 Qh6 27. Ke2 Qh1 28. Qd1 Qxg2 29. Ke3 Qh3 30. Ng1 Qh1 31. Bd5 g2 32. Rf2 Rg6 33. Kd3 Bg4 34. Qe1 Bb8 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Be6 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxa5 f5 39. e5 g5 40. Rf2 f4 41. Ra1 Rh6 42. Qe4 Rh3 43. Kc2 Re3 44. Qxg2 Qh5 45. Qd5 Kh8 46. Ra8 Qg6 47. Kb3 Rxa8 48. Qxa8 Kg7 49. Qb7 Qf7 50. Qxf7 Kxf7 51. Kc2 h5 52. Kd2 Ke6 53. Nf3 g4 54. Nh4 Re4 55. Re2[/pgn]