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miniatures
Compiled by old coot
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see also two games mentioned in kibitzing
Muller vs Bayer, 1908 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

"Opera House Game"
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit
R J Fontinha vs W Nash, 1988 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Morphy-Andersson
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  
(B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Anderssen vs Falkbeer Counter Gambit
Anderssen vs E Schallopp, 1864 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0

Messinger vs M Rack, 1989 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

dopey opening
Sochor vs L van Damme, 1974 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Spassky vs Tal, 1979 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1

combo at end
B Kouatly vs Tseshkovsky, 1988 
(A80) Dutch, 22 moves, 0-1

quickie-queen sac on move 7, mate on move 8
F M Teed vs E Delmar, 1896 
(A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0

H Andersen vs D Pluemer, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0

12 move mate
Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

Waserski vs Godes, 1975 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0

Bronstein destroys a king's gambit in 12
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

Zukertort mates Anderssen in 12
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

great finish!
J J Hastings vs A P Law, 1994 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

bishop sac on h7
A Wagner-Michel vs A Fischer, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Famous "Reti mate"
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

"Reti-mate" before Reti
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

pre-Reti-mate again
L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863 
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0

J Tolosa vs Joan Carbo i Batlle, 1898 
(C28) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0

wonderful mate
D Dengler vs H Olschok, 2000 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 1-0

Prince Dadian vs Boulitchoff, 1882 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

mating combo, set up by loser
S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001 
(A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1

The Original Boden's mate
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

So vs F El Taher, 2006 
(C26) Vienna, 22 moves, 1-0

mini-miniature
G Gibbs vs L Schmid, 1968 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1

de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863 
(C58) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

kind of silly 8 moves
Barnett vs Eastwood, 1949 
(C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0

eight moves
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

smothered queen
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

similar to Legal's mate.
W Pollock vs E Hall, 1890 
(C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch game, error leading to win on white's 11th
Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925 
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Rossilimo Sicilian & sacs
Rozentalis vs B Barth Sahl, 1988 
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

F Riemann vs Koeltsch / Pfeiffer / Roesner, 1873 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

wild sacs
So vs M Mahjoob, 2007 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

A Korchnoi lemon
R Calvo vs Korchnoi, 1966 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 18 moves, 1-0

Browne vs Ljubojevic, 1978 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 23 moves, 1-0

Geller vs G Garcia, 1978 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1

From gambirt (Bird's)
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0

N Firman vs Areshchenko, 2008 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 18 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit with double check mate combo
M R Kaldegg vs G Zeissl, 1903 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

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