I never had this: game over after 32 moves and all opponent's pawns are still on the board!

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This game was weird for a lot of reasons. First for my famous inaccuracy.  I saw already in several of my games that I tend to take the simplest path for an advantage, not really trying to find the best moves with the biggest advantages.  See for example my 29. Ba5, which wins the exchange, instead of 29. Bd6, getting a whole rook. I played 28. Bf4 planning 29. Ba5, and I didn't check longer for stronger moves. Actually I didn't see that 30.Bxc5 was also trapping the rook.  

However, the really  crazy thing about the position is the fact that all his pawns where still on the board at the end of game! Did you see something like this before?

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Nope. 

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Just asking, but how can I exercise and lose weight at home if the weather's bad outside? 

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Highly unusual. Even more so was the game Gligorić won at Palma de Mallorca 1968. His opponent resigned after move 29 with all pieces and pawns still on the board.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1264288

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@OldPatzerMike That's like the "Evergreen Game" played by Andressen.

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PS @torrubirubi why is blocking the c2 pawn bad?!

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Something similar just happened in the Sinquefield cup.  

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Here it is:  Nakamura / Karjakin Sinquefield cup 2019 round 3.  the first pawn was taken on move 27 and it was still 7 pawns to 6 on move 104!  



http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1971646

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OldPatzerMike wrote:

Highly unusual. Even more so was the game Gligorić won at Palma de Mallorca 1968. His opponent resigned after move 29 with all pieces and pawns still on the board.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1264288

You are right, this is even crazier!

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forked_again wrote:
Here it is:  Nakamura / Karjakin Sinquefield cup 2019 round 3.  the first pawn was taken on move 27 and it was still 7 pawns to 6 on move 104!  



http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1971646

Kind of stuff you see in closed games.

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BigBroChess wrote:

PS @torrubirubi why is blocking the c2 pawn bad?!

Because you don’t have c4.