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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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