J O H Taylor vs NN, 1874  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Queen sac and the mate is forced
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Castling wins the hanging rook
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
Black has blind spot
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
White offers poisoned pawn for winning attack
Palatnik vs Geller, 1980  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Black blunders
R Schwarz vs Labau, 1948  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
White's fork loses
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
Black sacs the queen and wins
K V Shantharam vs K Murugan, 1994  (A08) King's Indian Attack, 18 moves, 0-1
Leaving Queen hanging leads to quick mate
W Pollock vs E Hall, 1890  (C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0
Blunderfest
Rubinstein vs NN, 1902  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Exposed King---quick loss
Benko vs Sawyer, 1964  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
Euwe masters the Dutch
Euwe vs N Cortlever, 1940  (A90) Dutch, 11 moves, 1-0
White ignores the attack on his Knight and counters
Carlsen vs N Ibraev, 2004  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 1-0
Sammy blunders
Reshevsky vs E D Duncan, 1921  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Black too passive
Alekhine vs De Cassio, 1944  (C25) Vienna, 10 moves, 1-0
White scores on the f7
B Rositsan vs A Hervais, 1998  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Early exposure of King hunt wins
G Laco vs M Lanzani, 1992  (A10) English, 21 moves, 1-0
Black uses forcing combo after dividing white defense
Harris vs Weeramantry, 1972  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
A Hansen vs S Jensen, 1945  (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 9 moves, 0-1
Black king stuck in the center!
C J Corte vs J Bolbochan, 1946  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 1-0
White repositions the black queen to smother the king
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Black collapses with congestion.
Y Rusakov vs B Kalinkin, 1963  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
Bad King's Gambit
Iverhov vs Ilianako, 1957  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 8 moves, 0-1
Alekhine combo snares Black
Alekhine vs Hoelscher, 1933  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Larsen messes up his defense
Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
Back rank allows nice combo
O Bernstein vs Metger, 1907  (A22) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Tal sacs after Black blunder
Tal vs G Tringov, 1958  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0
Greco mating pattern
Morant vs A de Feuquieres, 1680  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening mating attack
Antoshin vs F Rabar, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Poor development leads to suffocation
H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Black pays for poor development
G Bastrikov vs Shamkovich, 1958  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 10 moves, 1-0
White's attack gets trapped
P Charbonneau vs H A Hussein Al-Ali, 2008  (C10) French, 13 moves, 0-1
Uncastled King loses
G Minchev vs D Miraschiev, 1986  (C46) Three Knights, 11 moves, 1-0
Keene sets a winning attack
H High vs Keene, 1964  (A48) King's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
Black exploits the weak back rank
D E A Riley vs F Parr, 1949  (E61) King's Indian, 20 moves, 0-1
Black's uncastled King soon has problems
T Ernst vs C Gruvaeus, 2000  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 13 moves, 1-0
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