simple and quiet threats... T Melody vs J Spinale, 1996  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0 A Legal's creation on Damiano's opening... T Draisma vs J De Graaf, 1954  (C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0 Greco's Fool's mate... Greco vs NN, 1619  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0 the checkmated queen...! L Sepulveda vs M Blanco Acevedo, 1993  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 12 moves, 0-1 the missing king bishop... B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0 Alexander Alekhine and "strong" back files... Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 with bishop or queen, the Fool's mate is just the same... J Krejcik vs NN, 1908  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0 the knight can't be captured, but it has to be removed some way A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 The "failure defense" of the black queen G Schiffler vs Pinkerneil, 1950  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0 I can't believe that black hadn't seen this mate before... O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 "Novelties" in the Petrov's defense A Zapata vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0 The queen must run a few moves, but its losing anyways... E Paehtz vs M Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0 16.Qxg6+!! removing the f-pawn, to let the bishop control g8... G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0 Capablanca does it again: smother mate, or material advantage Capablanca vs H K Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0 17...bxc6 18.bxc6 Kb8 19.Rfa1 and mate on a8 can't be avoided D Waterman vs Samo, 1974  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 10...e6 11.Nxe6! (+-) Smirin vs Y Afek, 1992  (B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 a trapped queen in the sicilian in less than 10 moves... Schmid vs Sahlmann, 1948  (B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 10.Nxd6+!! Fischer vs Auner, 1960  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0 10...Q(wherever) 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.Bxh7+! T Wozney vs Costaras, 1974  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0 a queen trapped in the middle board...in less than 10 moves Fuller vs K Ozols, 1965  (B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 8.Bxf7+! and 10.Ne6!! L Mischke vs Miarczynski, 1981  (B32) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 10.Nxd6+!....The decisive decision E Szalanczy vs A Wallner, 1982  (B56) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 10.axb4!! (10...Qxa1? 11.Nb3!) Powell vs Nagel, 1985  (B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 7...dxe5?? 8.Bxf7+! S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0 20.Nxg7!! P Singleton vs Casswell, 1854  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 13...Nxg3+!! and Carlos Torre outplays Grunfeld! Gruenfeld vs Carlos Torre, 1925  (A80) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1 After 23.Qc2 Rc1+ 24.Kh2 Rh1++ P Zarnicki vs F Fiorito, 2000  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 0-1 White gets "Hammered" by Carlsen J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A04) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 a trapped queen by Botvinnik Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's new ideas for the Legal's mate Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0 Alekhine and his bishops did it in 11 moves! Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 "Knight-een" moves...! P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1 17...Rxf7 18.Re8++ or 17...Kh8 18.Qxf8++ Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0 hey Reti, who needs rooks? Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 Reti's bishops... Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 22 moves, 0-1 A priceless charming king-hunt-miniature for the posterity... Ed Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 15. Qxh6+!! and 18. Rf4+! Blackburne vs H Gifford, 1874   (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 I just need one rook.... Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0 19.Kh1 Qxh2+!! 20.Kxh2 Rh6+ 21.Qh4 Rxh4++ S Shaw vs P Sokol, 1943  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1 Poor Parker... C Parker vs I Myall, 1999  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1 19...Kf8 20.Qh6++ or 19...Kh8 20.Qh6! and it's "curtains down" Yanofsky vs J Therien, 1947  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 Dubious Dubois Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1 Norwood, without the queen, is very dangerous... W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0 15...dxe5 16.Bc5++ or 15...fxe5 16.Bg5++.....Awesome!!! W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892  (C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0 Cut the hair of Samsomonov Samsonov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1 A Lang way to death... Steinitz vs Lang, 1860  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 I'm sorry black, the move that breaks the mirror is mate... Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0 Capablanca......../........acnalbapaC Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0 20.Bxg2 (20.Kxg2) Qh2++ or 20.Bxg4 Qh1++....Impressive! Koneru vs C Waters, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1 19.Qxf6+!! Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0 10...Bf2+!! Mackenzie vs F Hollins, 1893  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 13 moves, 0-1 Sending thunderbolts by correspondence... V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0 67-year old Lasker still rocks... Lasker vs Pirc, 1935  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0 Steadman tells no tale... Steadman vs Ed Lasker, 1913  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1 a silent move after a thunderbolts rain... E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 0-1 The "Magnetized King Game" C E A Dupre vs Carlos Torre, 1927  (C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 0-1 7.Bxf6?? allows 8...Rxh2! and 10...Qxe5+!! NN vs Carlos Torre, 1928  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1 9.Nxe5!! Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C26) Vienna, 16 moves, 1-0 Morphy's at the opera house...! Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 20.Qg6!! Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0 18.Rxe6!! Carlos Torre vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 8.exf6?? allows 9...Qe7!! and 10...Bg7!! Y Rusakov vs Verlinsky, 1947  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1 14...Nxe4! M Bagdasarova vs K Rybenko, 1998  (B06) Robatsch, 15 moves, 0-1 "Blood-is-good" NN vs C Bloodgood, 1955  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1 18.Qd8+!! M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs B Baranov, 1953  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 9.exd6 e.p.!! K Spraggett vs M Desautels, 1980  (A17) English, 12 moves, 1-0 11.axb4!!, 12.Rd2!!, 13.Qxc6+!! E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0 19...0-0-0?? allows the crushing 20.Qxc6+!! Ed Lasker vs F Englund, 1913  (C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0 15.Rxc8!! Qxc8 16.Ne7+ wins the queen C Haessler vs P McCartney, 2004  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 15 moves, 1-0 17.Rxe6!! Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 11.Bxh7+!....Gouw! Kosteniuk vs C P Gouw, 2000  (C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 the trapped queen from Budapest S Takacs vs J Krejcik, 1920  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1 16...Nxh5 17.Rxh5! winning Carlos Torre vs H E Jennings, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 16 moves, 1-0 18.Qxg6+!! O'Kelly vs G E Ramirez, 1963 (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 18 moves, 1-0 11.Qh5!! gxh5 12.Bh7++ K Chernyshov vs A Lesiak, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0 White rooks recharged... P Vinogradov vs Alekhine, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0 12.Qxg6 exf2+ 13.Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 14.Kxe1 hxg6(-+) J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1 12.Be2?? allows the shot 12...Nd4!! (13.Nxd4 Qxh2++) L Arcila vs J Urbina, 1991  (A84) Dutch, 12 moves, 0-1 Edgar Colle's Immortal Attacking Game! Colle vs J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Instead of "Bad you are" it can be "Baadur" =-P L Bruzon vs Jobava, 2005  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0 Steinitz gone Mad...en Steinitz vs Van der Meden, 1865   (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0 The black's dark square bishop: the last nail on white's coffin I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E35) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed, 19 moves, 0-1 9...Nc5! threatening 10...Nd3++, gives black the advantage Capablanca vs Kevitz, 1924  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1 10...Nxc3?? allows 11.Qg5+! crushing J Mason vs Chigorin, 1889  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0 9.Ne5! and a beautiful mate with a knight...in the corner! W Potter vs Matthews, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0 NN vs Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1 16.gxf6!! Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 11...Nxf2!! (14.Nxd8 Nh3+ 15.Kh1 Rxf1++) C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 0-1 18.Rxd5!! exposes the queen to the shock 19.Ng5! A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0 12...Bf5!! and 13...Qxh3+!! NN vs Blackburne, 1880   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 14.Nxf7! allows 20.g6!! (20...hxg6 21.Rh3 and 22.Rh8+) A Volokitin vs Z Kozul, 2001  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0 17...Qa5!! wins(18.Qxa5 Nc2++) Charming! K Tsarouhas vs Kotronias, 2005  (A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 18 moves, 0-1 7.Qxg7!? leads to complications where no king is safe Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992  (C47) Four Knights, 20 moves, 1-0 6...h6? allows 7.Bxf7+!! and 9.Qh5+ as black has no more 9...g6 G Welling vs Brinkhorst, 1980  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0 16...Ne4!! and 17...Ng3!! Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1859  (C26) Vienna, 19 moves, 0-1 14.Re8+!! Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 12.Ng6+! and a beautiful mate in the corner! Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 11...Bxb4+! allows 13...Rc2 and 14...Ne3 winning J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1 9...Nxd4!! and 10...b4!! unprotects white king to mate Morphy vs Maurian, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1 the Knight that can't mate Morphy vs A Knight, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0 20.0-0-0!! threats 21.f3++(20...exf4 21.Rd4++) Marshall vs Burn, 1907  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0