Reinle checkmates by promoting to knight
H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Knight sac leads to quick checkmate with queen
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
Nezhmetdinov sacs rook for smothered mate early in game
Samsonov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1929  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Early opening trap leads to strong attack and win for Morph
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Canal sacs both rooks and queen for 14 move mate
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac leads to 7 move forced mate
Kupreichik vs A Planinc, 1970  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 1-0
Geller sacs pawn, bishop, and knight for deadly pawn fork
Geller vs J Vatnikov, 1950  (B89) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Hodgson uses two pawn checks to open diagonal to take queen
W Tullidge vs R Hodgson, 1893  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1
Pedersen uses knight sac to force queen loss
E Pedersen vs A Zografakis, 1950  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
Lamb uses queening threat to create family fork
E J Diemer vs F Lamb, 1947  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Diemer uses mating threat to take knight
E J Diemer vs H Halosar, 1934  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Heisman sacs pawns and rook for checkmate.
D Heisman vs D Fennick, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
Lasker sacs queen and knight for checkmate with pawns.
Lasker vs NN, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Zukertort sacs queen for 9 move forced mate.
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C26) Vienna, 16 moves, 1-0
R Hopton vs F Eastwood, 1860  (A80) Dutch, 6 moves, 0-1
Fischer traps queen early for two minor pieces.
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Sanahuja uses a pin and fork threat to win black queen.
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
Istratescu traps queen with pawns and bishop.
A Istratescu vs I Frosinos, 2001  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Zukertort gives up queen and knight for knight, rook, and queen
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Caro forces queen sac to avoid checkmate.
H Caro vs Lasker, 1890  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Zukertort uses knight sac for queen sac and quick checkmate.
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
Spassky sacs rook as decoy to set up checkmate.
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Cervenka sacs queen for quick mate.
J Cervenka vs NN, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Krejcik uses threat against queen to deflect pawn for checkmate
J Krejcik vs NN, 1908  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Schiffler uses mate threat to capture opponent's queen.
G Schiffler vs Pinkerneil, 1950  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Van Geet takes advantage of overextended pawns for checkmate.
D D Van Geet vs Versnel, 1950  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Morphy exploits weak 3rd move for attack, sacs queen for mate
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Anderssen immobilizes black's rooks and knights.
A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1
Napoleon sacs knight and bishop for forced mate.
Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Greco sacs queen for checkmate
Greco vs NN, 1619  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Marshall sacs bishop and forces checkmate by pinning knight.
Marshall vs Stodie, 1920  (B20) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Burn sacs both rooks for checkmate.
NN vs Burn, 1866  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1
Schlechter sacs queen for 5 move forced mate.
W Fried vs Schlechter, 1897  (A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1
Harrwitz sacs queen and uses pin to win a knight for a pawn.
Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
Traxler refutes 2 knights defense with bishop sac + mating net.
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Ken Million plays the "Damiano trap" against Marx.
K Million vs J Marx, 2000  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Greco uses "Damiano trap" against NN.
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Bronstein sacs pawn, knight, rook, and bishop for checkmate.
NN vs Bronstein, 1954  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Reti sacs queen for double check followed by mate.
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Mieses uses threat against queen to give checkmate.
Mieses vs J V Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1-0
Rahn pins bishop to win knight.
K Rahn vs Rellstab, 1941  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 8 moves, 1-0
Stevenson sacs queen for mate with 2 bishops and a knight.
Stevenson vs S Mariotti, 1868  (C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Krejcik traps opponent's queen by sacrificing exchange.
J Krejcik vs Baumgartner, 1914  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Lazard puts knight en prise to trap queen.
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Cukierman sacs bishop to trap queen on sixth move
J Cukierman vs NN, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Tal sacs queen for material advantage in a simul.
Tal vs Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Teichmann sacs knihgt and queen for checkmate.
Teichmann vs NN, 1914  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Honich mates in 8 with Englund Gambit
Silbermann vs Honich, 1930  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Henningsen uses pawn check to deflect king and leave queen open
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Yudovich gives up queen to gain queen and a piece for 2 pawns
Fine vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1
Benjafield sacs queen for a Legal's Mate variant.
Benjafield vs Wippell, 1938  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
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