Fool's Mate
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate
Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990  (A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1
Fool's mate variation
H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Fool's Mate
W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Fool's mate variation
J Bodvarsson vs F Olafsson, 1947  (A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1
"Fool's Mate" variant
Barney vs Mccrum, 1969  (A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate with Queen Sac variant
C Damant vs NN, 1932  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
Fool's Mate variation
M Greenwalt vs B Wall, 1983  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
"Fool's Mate" variation with Queen Sac.
NN vs Du Mont, 1802  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate with Queen Sac variant
Mogusar vs T L Trippe, 1984  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate with Queen Sac variant
Rusty Warren vs B Wall, 1975  (A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate variation,Queen Sac
F Teed vs E Delmar, 1896  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0
The first "Fool's Mate" with Queen Sac
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Knight smothers Queen or fxe3 Qh4+ g3 Qxg3#
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Very clever "Fool's Mate" variation
J Krejcik vs NN, 1908  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Bishop Queen Battery mate @f7
Schulz vs Lehnert, 1909  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Bishop Queen Battery
B R vs A Wagner, 1902  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1
The classic"Scholar's Mate"
J Amillano vs A Loeffler, 1972  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 1-0
Bishop Queen Battery on f2,"Scholar's Mate"
M Brichinova vs E Alexandrova, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
Bishop Queen Battery on f2,"Scholar's Mate"
J Spencer vs Takacs, 1981  (A20) English, 4 moves, 0-1
Scholar's Mate variant
Michael Meyer vs D Newcomb, 1952  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Crushing the "Scholar's Mate"
Adow vs Borissow, 1889  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
The first "Smothered Mate"
NN vs Greco, 1620  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1
Greco's other smother
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
V Da Vilhete vs R Arias Formoso, 2006  (B15) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Kasparov vs M Wahls, 1992  (B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate? see my kibitz.
M Hebden vs Nunn, 1979  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968  (A12) English with b3, 20 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate variant & amazing game.
Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
A Dake vs J Schmitt, 1949  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
H Hallmann vs W Schneider, 1931  (C26) Vienna, 13 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Burn vs J Owen, 1898  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Blackburne vs G A Thomson, 1882  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1855  (D94) Grunfeld, 21 moves, 1-0
Another smother
J J Rousseau vs D Hume, 1765  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Classic Smothered Mate by Morphy
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
G Schaaff vs C Hartlaub, 1907  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
Smothered Mate
Bird vs NN, 1888  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate
C Golmayo vs S Loyd, 1867  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Knight smother trap in the Sicilian
J McGrouther vs R McCann, 1893  (B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
Henricksen vs Pedersen, 1937  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
C Gurnhill vs W H Banks, 1962  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 6 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center open file and Knight smother.
Muehlock vs Kostic, 1912  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 0-1
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
P Hultin vs T Fromm, 1992  (A57) Benko Gambit, 9 moves, 1-0
Knight smother by the author of my first chess book.
I A Horowitz vs Plankart, 1958  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center open file and Knight smother.
I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1927  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 0-1
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
F La Rota vs J Sarwer, 1988  (B10) Caro-Kann, 7 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center open file and Knight smother.
E Diemer vs NN, 1979  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
N smothers Q
Vasiukov vs S Giterman, 1960  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 8 moves, 1-0
Pin on King in center closed file and Knight smother.
Deming vs Cornell, 1980  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 6 moves, 1-0
Queen Sac,Knight smother
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1
Knight Smother
Molinari vs Bordais, 1979  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
Knight Smother
B Corneliussen vs Martin Jensen, 1991  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Knight Smother
T Mantia vs T Trogdon, 1979  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 6 moves, 0-1
Q sac & attack on f2 with N smother
Horwitz vs Bledow, 1837  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Fork with Discover attack on Queen
E Brunel vs B Kong, 1989  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
B xf7!!, N smothers Q ,N forks Q or Qc4+ # @ f7
B Wall vs R Gantt, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
W Veitch vs J Penrose, 1950  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs NN, 1959  (B56) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
K Bayer vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1972  (B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0
D Zardus vs A Steventon, 1986  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
J Mieses vs NN, 1900  (C27) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 1-0
"The Tarrasch Trap"
Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
Klimov vs Gorbunov, 1989  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
NN vs B Pandolfini, 1967  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 6 moves, 0-1
The classic "Noah's Ark Trap"
G McCurdy vs A Dunkelblum, 1968 (C71) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
C Kottnauer vs K Whyld, 1953  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 1-0
J Westman vs E Havansi, 1964  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
A Harju vs M Liimatta, 1986  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1
Bird vs NN, 1869  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947  (B15) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0
G Thomas vs W Winter, 1927  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 0-1
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
J Taylor vs NN, 1862  (C27) Vienna Game, 13 moves, 1-0
L Monosson vs M Fauque, 1935  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Hort vs V Zheliandinov, 1967  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 1-0
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Koneru vs C Waters, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
J Cukierman vs NN, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Teichmann vs NN, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0
S Takacs vs J Krejcik, 1920  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
S Knott vs D M Adams, 2004  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
J Taylor vs NN, 1874  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
F M Wren vs W E Mayfield, 1941  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
The Most Famous "Noah's Ark Trap"
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
M Pytel vs E Prie, 1990  (C10) French, 9 moves, 0-1
"Noah's Ark Trap"
C Eichab vs Z Kovacova, 2004 (C71) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 0-1
P Roth vs G Rajna, 1975  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
A Istratescu vs I Frosinos, 2001  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
A Dunkelblum vs Keres, 1937  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Otto vs von der Lasa, 1839  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Zukertort vs Lipschutz, 1886  (C25) Vienna, 53 moves, 0-1
H van Steenis vs T Wechsler, 1947  (C01) French, Exchange, 7 moves, 1-0
The Petrov Trap
Koltanowski vs K Diller, 1960  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946  (A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
The Fried Liver Trap!
R Maidana vs P Goette, 2001  (C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0
Z Belsitzman vs Rubinstein, 1917  (C48) Four Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
O Bernstein vs NN, 1932  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 11 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909  (C46) Three Knights, 9 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
W Knoop vs L Malandain, 1995  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs A Bottin, 1858  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0
H Ohman vs G Buck, 1931  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
Puck vs Troll, 1961  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1843  (B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 0-1
Great Q sac removes defender of f7 -Bxf7#
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
W Potter vs Matthews, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Attack on K in center
W Lewis vs NN, 1820  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
Amazing Q & N sac for #
Steinitz vs NN, 1860  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
Amazing N sac forces loss of Q
M Tseitlin vs I Taimanov, 1981  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 9 moves, 1-0
B sac leads to attack on K in center
E Zimmer vs H Mueller, 1918  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
Attack on K in center
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921  (C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
B sac @ f7 leads to Q trap
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
No way to stop Nxf7
Alekhine vs A Kaufmann, 1918  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Marauding N leads to # on K in center
H Lohmann vs R Teschner, 1950  (C10) French, 10 moves, 0-1
Excellent R sac,leads to Qh5# on K in center
G Kieninger vs P Mross, 1941  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 14 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug leads to # on K in center
A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
N traps Q
Amberger vs Sprecher, 1924  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
A classic Q fork wins Greedy N
R Combe vs W Hasenfuss, 1933  (A43) Old Benoni, 4 moves, 0-1
B sac @ f7 leads to deflection of K & N forks Q
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0
N sac & attack on K in center with B & Q #
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
2 B deflections on K with N forks winning Q
NN vs P Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Mate threat @ f7 wins N
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 1-0
Q sac leads to attack on K in center
J Blake vs G A Hooke, 1891  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
B sac @ f7 leads to deflection of K to take Q
M de Bolster vs NN, 1970  (B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
N sac @ f7 on K in center leads to K hunt & #
I Ali vs B Westin, 1987  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 11 moves, 1-0
Skewer on Queen
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Attack on King in center
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Queen Fork wins Rook on open diagonal
K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
Queen fork wins Bishop,Open diagonal on King
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1
B deflection leads to R sac deflection & wins Q
R Luer vs K Rattmann, 1922  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 11 moves, 1-0
The Classic "Russian Game Trap".
NN vs E Fossan, 1991  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
The Siberian Trap-attack on h2 and Queen
Kolenbet vs B Schipkov, 1987  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1
The Elephant Trap
C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
Queen trap
B Wall vs R Monahan, 1972  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
I Berzina vs V Sondore, 1965  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Pawn Fork sets up Q sac & attack on K in the center
Swain vs Smart, 1990  (C46) Three Knights, 13 moves, 0-1
Q sac sets up mating net with both N's, Bb4#
J van der Linden vs L Svensson, 1993  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
N & B sacs set up deflection forks on K & Q
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
N sac & attack on K in center with B's
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
Q sac and attack on K in center
Tal vs Suetin, 1969  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0
B sac at f7 ,Queen fork wins Rook
B Wall vs J Chance, 1969  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 9 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac and Knight attack Ng5 Ngf7#
B Wall vs H Murtaugh, 1971  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0
B sac @f7 creates deflection that wins Q
Schestakov vs Gusseinow, 1967  (B56) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
The Classic Knight sac and Queen Attack
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Back Row mate on King in center
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
The Damiano Trap
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
The Damiano Trap
P Korhonen vs C C Lim, 2000  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
The Poisoned Pawn
B Wall vs S Millimaci, 1987  (B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
The Poisoned Pawn
B Wall vs J Friedrichsen, 1974  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
"The Greedy Queen"
J Krejcik vs Baumgartner, 1914  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Bishop Sac on f7 and Knight Fork wins Queen
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Great Queen Sac and attack on uncastled King
W A Oudheusden vs L de Vries, 1934  (C25) Vienna, 11 moves, 0-1
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qxd4! takes The Greedy Queen
P Belmondo vs G Gilardi, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Greed Kills
Keres vs G Menke, 1933  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
Mate by underpromotion to a Knight.
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
Queen sacs opens weak diagonal for mate
B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Mate by underpromotion to a Knight.
H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Mate by 0-0-0!!
A Kvicala vs NN, 1869  (B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Mate by 0-0-0!!
L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
Mate by En Passant and Discovery Check
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
Attack on the uncastled King
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
A Classic Attack
F J Perez vs Alekhine, 1943  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
Attack on the uncastled King wins Knight
K Rahn vs L Rellstab, 1941  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
The King Hunt
Alekhine vs NN, 1936  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
A Very Famous Game with a "Back Row" mate.
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
See my analysis
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
26.Qc1 "Alekhine's Gun" Rook Rook Queen Battery
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
See Saw Check wins Queen and game.
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
See Saw Check
J McConnell vs Steinitz, 1886  (C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
See Saw Check
J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Attack on f7,"The See-Saw check"
M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953  (C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Windmill
T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili, 2001  (B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Windmill leads to mate
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0
Nasty N sets up a windmill
B Wall vs Morales, 1974  (B56) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury's Legal Mate
Pillsbury vs Fernandez, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1-0
Legal's Mate variant
D Benjafield vs Wippell, 1938  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
Legal's Mate variant
H Buckle vs NN, 1840  (B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Legal's mate variant,attack on K in center
C Saulson vs H Phillips, 1907  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Legal's mate variant
NN vs G Geshev, 1935  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Legal's mate variant
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Amazing game! Legal's mate variation
H Berliner vs A Rott, 1956  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Legal's Mate
O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Legal's Mate
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
Queen sac Boden's Mate
F A Stroud vs A M Fraser, 1961  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Queen sac Boden's Mate
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0
Double Rook sac & Queen sac for Boden's Mate!!!!
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Boden's Mate
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Boden's Mate
Ed. Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
Boden's Mate
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Boden's Mate
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Waserski vs Godes, 1975  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac and X-Ray Mate
O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926  (C58) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
X-Ray Mate
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
N sac and X-ray Mate with Bishops.
Keres vs Kotov, 1947  (B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
The original "Double Bishop Sacrifice" Game.
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop Attack on 0-0
D Hermann vs Charousek, 1896  (C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Privalov vs V Malaniuk, 1974  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 15 moves, 0-1
N Gamboa vs Blatny, 1996  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
L Filatov vs S F Mayer, 2000  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (C10) French, 26 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs Karpov, 2003  (C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Zwischenzug Game! Outrageous!
W A Brown vs R Kneebone, 1985  (B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
E Dizdarevic vs Miles, 1985  (E14) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs O Neikirch, 1958  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs Furman, 1949  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 0-1
K Junge vs C Kottnauer, 1942  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs J Drewitt, 1923  (A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop Attack and King hunt.
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
The Double Bishops again.Very Sneaky Game
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Queen sac,Double Bishop attack
Stevenson vs A Marriott, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Double Bishop Sacrifice
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop attack,with N and B sac
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop attack on K in center
B Raphael vs H Montgomery, 1856  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs J Jones, 1964  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Classic Attack on 0-0 "The Weak Squares"
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
A Andreev vs I Khmelnitsky, 1988  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
N Firman vs A Galliamova, 2002  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 20 moves, 1-0
G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
R Slobodjan vs R Prasca Sosa, 2004  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1973  (A16) English, 22 moves, 0-1
Keene vs Briant, 1988  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
M Ghorbani vs H Faryad, 2003  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 33 moves, 1-0
G Andruet vs Van der Wiel, 1985  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 33 moves, 0-1
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1912  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
G Janny vs L Steiner, 1922  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
A A Barbosa de Oliveira / M Kiss vs Reti / L Vianna, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs A Lissek Jr, 1902  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
S Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0
NN vs E Diemer, 1978  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Double Knight Sacrifice
A Beliavsky vs B Larsen, 1981  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
Santasiere vs B Blumin, 1939  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Morozevich vs Van Wely, 2002  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs Anand, 1991  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs Smirin, 2000  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Salov, 1983  (B89) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Morozevich vs Sadvakasov, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0
Leko vs Radjabov, 2003  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 1-0
Santasiere vs E B Adams, 1926  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
I Schneider vs Yudasin, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Rublevsky vs G Chepukaitis, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
W Hartston vs Portisch, 1974  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
F Braga vs G Gruen, 1988  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
M Paragua vs J Goh, 2004  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs J W Loyte, 2001  (B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs L Winants, 1993  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
Dreev vs K Georgiev, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
B Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
Reti vs Breyer, 1913  (C13) French, 30 moves, 1-0
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1891  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
J Arnason vs Dreev, 1990  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1
Classic Attack on 0-0
Ragozin vs P Noskov, 1930  (B40) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Greatest Attack on 0-0 Ever!
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Sacrifice Game!
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Kotov, 1950  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
L Hanssen vs E Lundin, 1928  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Keres vs W Winter, 1935  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Reti vs H Wolf, 1922  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1921  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 33 moves, 0-1
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs T Florian, 1949  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 25 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922  (C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
K Vygodchikov vs Alekhine, 1910  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
Szabo vs Kotov, 1946  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0
T Tylor vs Koltanowski, 1929  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Burn vs E Cohn, 1912  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Szabo vs T van Scheltinga, 1947  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Flohr, 1939  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942  (B15) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0
C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 28 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931  (C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs L Molina Carranza, 1911  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923  (A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
G Ravinsky vs Panov, 1943  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
Tal vs I Bilek, 1964  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Knaak vs Geller, 1982  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Knaak vs Adorjan, 1985  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Adorjan vs Ribli, 1979  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
R Byrne vs Evans, 1965  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
Jansa vs D Marovic, 1974  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1975  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0
K Galia vs Gruenfeld, 1946  (B33) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
D Przepiorka vs L Steiner, 1925  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs D Pruess, 2005  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Radjabov vs Karjakin, 2006  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Vitacek vs Duras, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 26 moves, 0-1
V Chekhover vs Alatortsev, 1934  (D80) Grunfeld, 34 moves, 1-0
A Kots vs P Lebedev, 1937  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 1-0
P Lebedev vs Gonak, 1938  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs N Zhukova, 2006  (C26) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Nunn vs Smeets, 2006  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs D H Campora, 1988  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Showalter vs Chigorin, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Gheorghiu, 1970  (C42) Petrov Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
A Timofeev vs P Phoobalan, 2002 (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
S Milliet vs I Ludwig, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs D Ciric, 1962  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 29 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
R Bogdanovic vs Suetin, 1967  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Keres, 1967  (C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Tseshkovsky vs Lutikov, 1969  (C41) Philidor Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs Uhlmann, 1966  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
Gheorghiu vs Uhlmann, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Evans vs B Berger, 1964  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 22 moves, 1-0
Tal vs B Larsen, 1965  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Torre vs S Mlotkowski, 1924  (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928  (C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
K Havasi vs Breyer, 1917  (C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Lagno vs N Malmdin, 2007  (B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 1-0
B Hoffmann vs E Heilmann, 1904  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
Fucini vs Olivari, 1895  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1934  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 28 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Averbakh, 1955  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
A Dadian vs Kogan, 1902  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
J Sammour-Hasbun vs J Bonin, 1991  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Karjakin vs V Malinin, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0
D Minic vs Fischer, 1970  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 0-1
Classic Kingside Attack
Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894  (C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0
A Meek vs NN, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 7 moves, 1-0
J Chamouillet vs NN, 1849  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
NN vs Shearer, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
L Day vs A Sundar, 2007  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Lisitsin vs Ragozin, 1934  (C00) French Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Kotronias vs Z Kozul, 2005  (B32) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs K Saint Amant, 1991  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
D Minic vs A Planinc, 1975  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
A Afifi vs A Beliavsky, 1985  (A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
J Mestel vs Gufeld, 1987  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Gufeld vs U Tarve, 1969  (C27) Vienna Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Krauthauser vs H Herrmann, 1934  (A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
J E Slade vs NN, 1960  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0
Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892  (C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0
S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Text Book Endgame KvsKBN
J Xu vs Y Wang, 1997  (E73) King's Indian, 77 moves, 0-1
F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007  (B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
E Holt vs T Bingamon, 1947  (C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0
J Thompson vs Mackenzie, 1864  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933  (C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs von Scheve, 1879  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0
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