Oldest recorded checkmate
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Greco queen sac
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Another great piece by Greco.
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
fried liver mate
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
Classic one
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
Black was too hungry.
T Bowdler vs H Conway, 1788  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Amazing chess & mate
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Probably best from master of attack!
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Well, Mophy have more than one ...
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Center game mate as black.
Stevenson vs A Marriott, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1
He died in the middle of the board, but with queen up!
J Blake vs G A Hooke, 1891  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Legal mate in central game. Nice.
A G Essery vs F H Warren, 1912  (C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Short & blindfold!
Koltanowski vs Day, 1960  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0
Alekhine can do it blidfolded!
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
This was quick!
Schulz vs Lehnert, 1909  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Yes, that is dr. Alekhine.
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0
Bronstein against robot.
Bronstein vs M20, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
King died in the middle of the field.
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Marshall played Marshall attack against Capablanca.
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
He couldn't run away...
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Nice short Ruy Lopez.
J Berger vs Frohlich, 1888  (C46) Three Knights, 11 moves, 1-0
Huh, what a mate!
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Again Maestro Alekhine!!
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
Kid didn't see it
T L Petrosian vs Le Tien Dung, 1994  (C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Ay, yay, yay...??
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1
Great checkmate lesson!
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Excellent mate with rooks & queen sac!!
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Check mate with queen sac!
R L'hermet vs Hagemann, 1888  (C22) Center Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Umbrella defence.
M Meyer vs D Newcomb, 1952  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Good old Greco!
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Weak king
J Morgan vs W Shipley, 1891  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 0-1
Legal from Wienna.
Pillsbury vs Fernandez, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1-0
Sac surprise.
Tartakower vs M Berman, 1934  (C25) Vienna, 11 moves, 1-0
Legal in Wienna, but by luck.
D Ham vs A Howard, 1979  (C25) Vienna, 8 moves, 1-0
David goes wild!
Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Fischer & the beast
Fischer vs Mac Hack VI, 1977  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Another with queen sac.
J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
Anderssen's beauty
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
When Giuoco is not so Piano...
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
WOW!!
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
No joke with Marshall.
Marshall vs R Short, 1894  (C51) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
What went wrong?
Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1894  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Whoops!? Who is here Marshall?
S P Johnston vs Marshall, 1899  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Salto mortale
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Fantastic game, queen sac & mate!
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Bird cage opening
Barney vs Mccrum, 1969  (A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1
Another bird suffer.
Rusty Warren vs B Wall, 1975  (A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1
short one by virtuoso
Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Wild Ruy Lopez, queen sac & mate, you don't see this often...
A Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
Bon apetite?!
W W Young vs Marshall, 1913  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Wilde Goering Gambit
J McTigue vs C C Miheso, 1990  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Excellent game and excellent mate!!
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
Just in two moves??!
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
Another short one
N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1
How not open king gambit
B R vs A Wagner, 1902  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann trap
C Gurnhill vs W H Banks, 1962  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 6 moves, 1-0
Dutch surprise!
F Teed vs E Delmar, 1896  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0
When king gambit goes bad
V Manko vs Jankowitz, 1900  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1
Umbrella defence
Pillsbury vs Magagna, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Already mate?
G Schnitzler vs Eberle, 1861  (B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
Nice oldtimer
B Raphael vs H Montgomery, 1856  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
No way back
W Wheelwright vs T Frere, 1861  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
unbelievable mate!
Andrews vs F Janssens, 1864  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
dribbling & mate
G Spreckley vs A Mongredien, 1846  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 15 moves, 0-1
another KG storm
Blackburne vs W Hamilton, 1862  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0
black salto mortale
Allies vs Dadian / Marcoran, 1881  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Excellent old school mate
McDonnell vs NN, 1830  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Excellent executed Evans Gambit!
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1827  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Young Morphy in his style
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849  (C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Black shouldn't play KGA
J Cazenove vs O Tomalin, 1819  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
Strange game
La Bourdonnais vs A D'Arblay, 1830  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Wild as Morphy was
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1856  (C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
another unreal game
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Sad Staunton performance
Staunton vs von der Lasa, 1853  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
It's better to decline
F Deacon vs J Robey, 1862  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1
Forte Giuoco Piano
E Rousseau vs C Stanley, 1845  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1
One tempo behind
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
Stenitz in element
K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1860  (C27) Vienna Game, 31 moves, 0-1
When calculations goes wrong
Anderssen vs J Finch, 1851  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
Marshall beaten by his own style
J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
It's more fun to compute, taa, tam.
Kaissa vs Tell, 1977  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 1-0
It's more fun to compute II
Master vs Tell, 1974  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0
modern world champion mate
Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0
New one
Adams vs Lautier, 2003  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 48 moves, 1-0
Wishy on knees
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994  (B01) Scandinavian, 75 moves, 0-1
Kasparov on knees
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (E12) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1
Ponomariov on knees
Adams vs Ponomariov, 2002  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 76 moves, 1-0
Kramnik on knees
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (E14) Queen's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1
Huh, time trouble, blunder or both?
Karpov vs Bareev, 1994  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 1-0
Hmm, GM blunder?
Adams vs Shirov, 2003  (B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Queen sac!!?? :)
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1
Strange one in the middle empty board
Keres vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 53 moves, 0-1
Great Victors sad end
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1971  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 34 moves, 1-0
How Bent can be bend
B Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
Even Mikhail Botvinnik got it
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1944  (C22) Center Game, 56 moves, 1-0
12 years maestro did it
Romanishin vs Kasparov, 1975  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Short was short
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 0-1
Helpmate
Uhlmann vs H Liebert, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
Nice underpromotional mate
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
Nice mate trap
H Lohmann vs R Teschner, 1950  (C10) French, 10 moves, 0-1
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