World Champion Anand's Back Rank Mate Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1 Back rank mate after Bh6+ Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0 Unstoppable Back Rank Mate by Art of Checkmate co-author V Kahn vs C Y C Dawbarn, 1925 (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0 Back Rank Mate Z Markhot vs S Arslanagic, 1997  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 Always look 1 move further! J Gurczak vs R Mercer, 2011  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0 Rook + Bishop variation Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0 Morphy's magic Rook + Bishop Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Back rank mate used against Victor Kahn W Gibson vs V Kahn, 1925 (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 Tal's Back Rank at age 14 J Klavins vs Tal, 1949  (C10) French, 18 moves, 0-1 Elegant finish (back Rank) forseen by Capa many moves before O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Echo of R+B mate Tal vs Petrosian, 1975  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0 A quick Smothered Mate NN vs Greco, 1620  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1 A famous Morphy Smothered Mate Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0 Morphy's Evan's -> 2 Bishops Mate Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0 2 Bishops- aka Boden's Mate E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0 Blackburne's two Bishops Mate NN vs Blackburne, 1884   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 Ed Lasker's tricky prelude to Boden's mate Ed. Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0 Rolling Rooks Mate (w Queen) E Schallopp vs Gossip, 1890  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 46 Kh1 allows Rolling Rooks Pattern Topalov vs Anand, 2010  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 0-1 Morphy's Queen + Bishop Battery J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1 Unstoppable Queen + Bishop Mate Paulsen vs Mackenzie, 1861 (C55) Two Knights Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 Moprhy's Mate or Back Rank G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Anastasia's Mate Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0 Almost Anastasia's Mate (AA) Rubinstein vs G G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Were Black sacs sound? Kobe vs G Gorges, 1985  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1 King Hunt in Vienna Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0 Failed King Hunt Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 Fischer's Spanish Exchange sac Fischer vs A Anastasopoulos, 1968  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Spielman's Logical punishment of g6? LC#7 Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926  (C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0 White is floored by Black's final move. LC #12 R Pitschak vs Flohr, 1934  (A22) English, 19 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury Attack LC #22 Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 Capa attack w opp side castles Capablanca vs T A Carter, 1909  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0 Black neglects the center, castles into attack LC#5 Ruger vs H Gebhard-Elsass, 1915  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0 Nakamura's Queen sac vs Krasenkow Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1 Lolli attack- well worth knowing D Field vs David L Kuhns, 1982  (C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0 Fischer used the Lolli attack many times on his 1964 Simul tour Fischer vs F Gruenberg, 1964  (C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0 Queen sac--> Double Check-->Mate F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1 White sticks to the plan of Attack on g7 M Abbink vs Y H de Rover, 1997  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 A brilliant unacceptable Queen sac! Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0 Brilliancy Prize Schiffers vs Harmonist, 1887  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0 Smothered Mate w Bishop D Mastrovasilis vs Short, 2011  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 26 moves, 1-0 After the ' decisive ' 21st move, some say it's still a draw Hodgson vs S Agdestein, 1986  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0 Morphy sacs R + B --> Q + N Mate A Meek vs Morphy, 1855  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 A sparkling attack Kahn vs H Harrison, 1951 (C49) Four Knights, 18 moves, 1-0 Tal punishes Black for ignoring principles (16Qc7 17Nh6+ & #) Tal vs M Strelkov, 1949  (C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0 Nice Queen sac w lots of variations Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0 Marshall dazzles! Janowski vs Marshall, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 Petrosian playing like Tal Petrosian vs Estrin, 1968  (A21) English, 26 moves, 1-0 Two Knights Mate - Knifty! N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 Interesting tactics, doubtful that Lasker played Black side A Arnold vs Lasker, 1924  (C28) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 1-0 Queen sac- out of nowhere Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0 Mate w windmill theme. Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0 Alekhine bests another world champion Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0 Magnus' @ 12 yrs. brilliant attack ending w eupalette Mate Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0 A neat Bishop & Rook mate combo in Spanish Exchange A Volchok vs R Kreslavsky, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 1-0 Another Spanish Exchange Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0 Energetic Attack in Spanish Psakhis vs S Mitra, 1988 (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 M Santo-Roman vs G Fayolle, 2001 (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0 Sac 2 Queens! For Rolling Rooks Mate F Steil-Antoni vs S Johnsen, 2010  (C28) Vienna Game, 35 moves, 1-0 Tal's Tactics Sparkle Even in a Simul! Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Methodical attack --> Artful Smothered Mate A Bodnaruk vs V Gunina, 2006  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 Byrne brother mate R Byrne vs D Byrne, 1958  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 53 moves, 0-1 Quick win vs Q-side castling A F Arjona vs Gonzalez, 1988 (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Young Pillsbury gets mated by simple attack F Young vs Pillsbury, 1893  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 Rf6!! blocks f7-f5 creating unanswerable mate threats Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Anand plays tactical line w IQP Anand vs Adianto, 1992  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 33 moves, 1-0 Epaulette Mate- Morphy blindfold exhibition Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0 Morphy's Geometric Pawn Promotion Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0 King hunt on an open board Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C52) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0 Two Bishops Mate, almost Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0 Morphy rolling rook mate in 2 knights Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Quick win using Grand Prix M G Gahan vs N Patkar Nisha, 2008 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 20 moves, 1-0 Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0 Dramatic British GM clash Keene vs Miles, 1976   (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0 A most bizarre mate! Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 Several mate traps before the final unstoppable threat Nc7# Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 76 games