Pending Back Rank Mate; Kasparov's favorite since 6 yrs old! McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 Ne6 then Nxg6#-- Rook has King boxed in, then Knight matess. E Delmar vs J Elson, 1870  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0 EOG is a busy Rook and Knight Mate or Double-Knight Mate W L Washburn vs Lasker, 1907  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1 Rook sacrifice near end for Pawn Promotion. Amazing! Euwe vs J Addicks, 1923  (A53) Old Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 Queen sacrifice and Absolute Pin allow checkmate Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0 Game ends with an En Passant capture that is Discovered Mate! G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 King Hunt then mating net of adjacent Pawns, adjacent Bishops V Mikenas vs A Dolukhanov, 1934  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1 A delightful display of teamwork Keres vs A Sakovski, 1936  (B01) Scandinavian, 32 moves, 1-0 Pawn makes mate! Continuation 44...Kxe5 45 Nf7 Kf5 46 g4# Tolush vs J Randviir, 1947  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 1-0 Knight-Rook-Bishop Mate M Germek vs M Filipcic, 1947  (D90) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0 A Royal Fork by a Pawn by 13 year old Tal wins the game!! Tal vs Pliss, 1950  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 37 moves, 1-0 Defender needs another Tempo to save the Passed Pawn Sliwa vs G Stoltz, 1953  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Fabulous checkmate near the Center R Byrne vs D Byrne, 1958  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 53 moves, 0-1 After 32. ... Kf8 33. Rc7 and so on, 7th Rank Mate occurs Benko vs A Foguelman, 1960  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0 48. Nf6+ is a Double Attack that is NOT a Fork Evans vs Browne, 1971  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 50 moves, 1-0 After 25. ... Qd7 26. Qa2, an Alekhine's Gun wins the Knight Bronstein vs A Vaisman, 1973  (A48) King's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0 Fireworks near the end! S Bartha vs G Kluger, 1979  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1 Anastasia's Mate variation if 45. ... Kxh7 46. Rh2# Hort vs D Dunne, 1982  (B50) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 Grand Fork possible at 19. Nxc7+, but passed up for mate! Bareev vs Yakovich, 1986  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0 Multiple surprises and excellent Pawn play P Thoren vs P Lacko, 1987  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0 After 28. ... Kxf7 29. Qe7# makes a "sideways" Dovetail Mate Adams vs L Comas Fabrego, 1988  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1-0 Queen is sacrificed for Promotion Ehlvest vs Korchnoi, 1989  (C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0 Continuation leads to Double Attack that wins the Queen Geller vs E Knoppert, 1991  (B58) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0 Unusual mating pattern and short King Hunt G Burgess vs C Bank Friis, 1991  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0 Bishop-Pawn Link at the end of this game makes a check also Sveshnikov vs Timman, 1992  (C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin on Queen (Royal Skewer) in two cases! Bologan vs J Garcia Padron, 1993  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 56 moves, 1-0 47. Rxh6 possible, but too greedy; go for checkmate, instead! Bologan vs Gipslis, 1993  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 47 moves, 1-0 David and Goliath Mate if 47. ... gxh4 48. g4# Karpov vs P Mickiewicz, 1997  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 47 moves, 1-0 EOG Shows How Check Makes a Tempo-- Saves En Prise Knight Baklan vs J Aagaard, 1998  (B30) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin wins the Black Rook, soon Ehlvest vs C Lakdawala, 2000 (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 1-0 Royal Fork by Bishop if 21. ... Qf6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Be6+ Aronian vs F de la Paz Perdomo, 2003  (C45) Scotch Game, 21 moves, 1-0 An En Passant Mate F Rhine vs NN, 2010  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0 14. exd7++ is a capture double check by a PAWN! Y Kambrath vs M Scherer, 2013  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's Gun ends this game Anand vs Carlsen, 2014  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0 An En Passant Mate F Rhine vs NN, 2017  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 Black is behind in material, but wins against Queen! I Miladinovic vs M Admiraal, 2017 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1 White missed 45. Rc8 for a mate-in-one finish (WWall). D Kryakvin vs I Duzhakov, 2019  (A04) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1-0 37 games