Black is Mated or he will lose his Q
B Wall vs R Gantt, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
Q for a Q but black is a piece up
C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
Lasker trap but messy
Blumenfeld / Boyarkov / Falk vs Lasker, 1899  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
White Q fork B & N, wins a piece
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993  (E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0
White double attack wins a bishop
H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0
White is a Rook & pawn up for a B (white 2 points up)
Euwe vs Colle, 1929  (E16) Queen's Indian, 13 moves, 1-0
Black Night fork K, Q & R.
W Veitch vs J Penrose, 1950  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
White's Q got trapped in the center.
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
Not an opening trap, but all white's pieces immobilized
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
White wins a centralized N
Capablanca vs Colle, 1929  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 11 moves, 1-0
White's Bg5 pin on N did not help
S Lemieux vs D Feoktistov, 2001  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 6 moves, 0-1
Black's Q gives a back rank mate
H Silbermann vs Honich, 1930  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Black's N & B wins the white Q
Venert vs V Mechkarov, 1970  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
White's Queen sacrifice end black's hope.
D Genz vs D Boehmer, 1985  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 1-0
A Bishop sacrifice on f7 led to mate.
Keene vs N J Kalton, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
White Q mates on f7 assisted by his N on g5.
NN vs Shearer, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
Black O-O-O check and wins R.
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
B sacrife on f2 wins Q.
NN vs R Vassilev, 2009  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
Black Q too early out and got trapped in center.
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0
White N missplaced on d2. Wrong pawn moves.
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Too risky for both sides.
Janowski vs E Schallopp, 1896  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
White used the h file effectively.
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
Lasker trap.
Korody vs Bologh, 1933  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
A N Other vs F Wenman, 1938  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 0-1
Lasker trap (nightmare)
W B Wright vs R Finegold, 1990  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Dudkin vs N Sorokin, 1967  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 7 moves, 0-1
D Miller vs Peterson, 1959  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
Do not hold on to the gambit pawn
Greco vs NN, 1620  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs P Houtsonen, 1989  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 13 moves, 1-0
Henricksen vs Pedersen, 1937  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
White traps his own Q
M Scheeren vs G Welling, 1974  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
H Krebs vs E Diemer, 1974  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1
Bafrali vs E Schiller, 1991  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1
White traps black's Q on a5
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
Not enough protection on d2
S Demmery vs B Sambuev, 2010 (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Black's Q got trapped
Mamedyarov vs J Polgar, 2014  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Nice N fork to follow
R Saeidi vs A Roghani, 2001 (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 11 moves, 0-1
Another Q trap, very unique
A Lugovoi vs Balashov, 2003  (E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 12 moves, 1-0
White is in trouble
S Gichurkin vs K Petrosian, 2006 (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 11 moves, 0-1
Poor development from white.
E Kunath vs N Grant, 1975  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Black's opening needs attention, white mate soon
Pillsbury vs NN, 1899  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Good for white, no hope for black.
F J Wallis vs NN, 1914  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0
A beautiful Bodens mate.
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Anastasia's mate
F Casas vs L Piazzini, 1952  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 14 moves, 1-0
A short opening lesson for white.
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs V Kulomzin, 1903  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
A discovery attack is coming up
Reti vs Tarrasch, 1922  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Cercle des Echecs, 1925  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs J Selman, 1932 (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
S Polgar vs E T Ng, 1988 (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Very good for white
Tal vs Timman, 1988  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Winning a piece
D Arngrimsson vs J G Nicholson, 2015 (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 13 moves, 1-0
Entering the endgame with a passed pawn
U Gebhardt vs U Larsen, 2012 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs M Illescas, 1989 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
N fork Rooks
G Popilski vs A Zamyshlyaev, 2012 (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Black's defense collapse
M Molner vs F Scheckenbach, 2012  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Black have no answer for white's attack
M Hebden vs S Lalic, 1990 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
White wins a piece
N Mikkelsen vs L C Andersen, 2009  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
This is chess
D Semcesen vs N Grandelius, 2009  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Nice tactics to win the Q
N Ivanovic vs M Jovicic, 2008 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Many attacking opportunities for white
V Belikov vs T Khakimov, 2005 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
H Stefansson vs C Juarez Flores, 2006  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
White wins a piece
T Runting vs M Bruere, 1991 (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
White has a nice attack but black can give checks
T Dunne vs K D Duncan, 1993 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0
White wins a piece
P Hummel vs E Schiller, 1996  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
White wins a piece and more
F Peralta vs D Varela Guerrero, 2001 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0
I would like to see the end
M Mchedlishvili vs A Essing, 2002 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Like to see what happens next
A Nickel vs M Kulvietis, 2003 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 1-0
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs L Bruzon Batista, 2005 (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Q sac and bank rank mate
C Ward vs A Summerscale, 1996  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 1-0
Three check mates in one
Alekhine vs L Kussman, 1924  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs F Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
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