Legall's Mate
Pillsbury vs Fernandez, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1-0
Legal's Trap
M Ahn vs T Ruck, 2007  (C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Cross-pin finish
Dreev vs Gleizerov, 1992  (A84) Dutch, 20 moves, 1-0
Skewer - 39.Qh8+
V Chekhover vs I Rudakovsky, 1945  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang - after 42..a3, black has no more moves left.
A Sherzer vs J Kaplan, 1988  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang after 40...f5
J Kostro vs W Schmidt, 1968  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Bishop sacrifice in exchange for an exposed castled king
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946  (A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
Removal of the Guard (21.Qe5)
Tal vs W R Chandler, 1974  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
Doube Bishop sacrifice
Alekhine vs J Drewitt, 1923  (A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop Sacrifice (15.Bxh7+)
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
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