Pawns promoted to knights make a brilliant queen sac
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Game ends in 14 moves.
Burn vs Owen, 1874  (B07) Pirc, 14 moves, 1-0
Not forced, but once it's taken mate is on its way.
E Sobernheim vs S A Langleben, 1895  (C13) French, 25 moves, 0-1
Its the moves after the queen sac that are just as good.
C Schultz vs C Carls, 1900  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1905  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
This is a short forced queen take game.
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Nice attack ending in the ultimate queen check/sac.
K Havasi vs W Rivier, 1928  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Denker, 1936  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 37 moves, 0-1
Connected rooks are powerful tradeoff for queen.
Taimanov vs Lisitsin, 1949  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
The game ends on the sac.
Keres vs Spassky, 1955  (E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
J Jezek vs Uhlmann, 1956  (E77) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
Queen sac is surpassed by the symphony of pieces.
Unzicker vs Keres, 1956  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 39 moves, 1-0
Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
Similiar to #5 on this list but longer game.
I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960  (A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
The mate with 2 knights and a rook is amazing.
E Reichmann vs H Ullrich, 1961  (C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
White king goes for a little walk after sac.
J Agdamus vs J Rubinetti, 1970  (E15) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1
M Stean vs Browne, 1974  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
J Augustin vs Nunn, 1977  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
This is a quick game.
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 18 moves, 0-1
Andersson vs R Cifuentes Parada, 1984  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0
Just when you thought white had won.
Kupreichik vs N Rashkovsky, 1986  (B57) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1
Its amazing how the queen is sacrificed so early.
Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
Forced tactical ending.
M Vokac vs H van der Veen, 1989  (A36) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Knight moves with bishop & rook mating net after sac is killer.
R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
This queen offering is forced.
R Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs O Sulypa, 1996  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 43 moves, 1-0
The ensuring pursuit after the queen sac is great!
Navara vs P Polak, 1996  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0
Simply brilliant queen exchange for two rooks.
de Firmian vs E Tate, 2001  (B56) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
A Kogan vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
This queen sac is not as obvious as most.
Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Already down 2 pieces, the queen sac is a forced win!
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
The king tries to find a safe place after the sac to no avail.
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Promotion of pawn to knight after queen sac is brilliant!
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
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