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Dead Man Walking
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Games in which the king is checkmated--or about to be checkmated--on the 8th rank. The focus will be on middle game king hunts, not long endgames--unless I find a particulary funny one.

It Takes One To Castle
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Anderssen's Fairy Tale
Anderssen vs Kolisch, 1860 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Checkmate Checkmate
A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1

Benefit of Clergy
E Soberheim vs S Langleben, 1895 
(C13) French, 25 moves, 0-1

The Prince goes hunting
Smitten vs Prince Dadian, 1896 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1

The Kurz of the Walking Dead
B Kurz vs K Treybal, 1904 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1

Good King Hunting
Lasker vs W Gooding, 1908 
(C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0

Efficiency
Ed Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Janny Get Angry
Janny vs I Gudju, 1920 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Si? Si.
B Kostic vs S Toemboek, 1925
(C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0

Get your pieces out, and see what develops
Edwards vs NN, 1963 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 16 moves, 1-0

Day Tripper
Prins vs L Day, 1968 
(B40) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Stean Rollered
Tal vs M Stean, 1974 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Suttles as a Sledgehammer
Timman vs Suttles, 1974 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 49 moves, 1-0

Dead Man Walking
Romanishin vs Kasparov, 1976 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Ove!
M Spinosa vs O Kroll, 1978 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Good Evening, and Holy Mackerel
E Formanek vs Bradford, 1979 
(C02) French, Advance, 34 moves, 0-1

Rooks Belong Behind Blocked Pawns
Sahovic vs Korchnoi, 1979 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 0-1

Tiller We Meet Again
B Tiller vs A Kuligowski, 1983 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 45 moves, 1-0

Pero Maniac
P Vucinic vs D Djurovic, 1986 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

The Loehn Ranger
V Hergert vs C Loehn, 1988
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 0-1

Murray in a Hurry
Beliavsky vs Chandler, 1988 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 37 moves, 1-0

Ah, the Good Old Days!
Mephisto vs M Hampl, 1989
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1

Five Minute Egg
Larsen vs Ljubojevic, 1992
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Marshy Ground
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Sick and Sicker
Chekhov vs R Sicker, 1992
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 43 moves, 1-0

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozawa
J Lonsdale vs A Ozawa, 1992
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0

Deep Pergel
L Pergel vs B Saidov, 1993
(C58) Two Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

The Hannes Man Can
Stefansson vs A J Whiteley, 1993
(A15) English, 48 moves, 1-0

Arabian Mate
B Grabarczyk vs P Wohlfart, 1994 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0

High Markus
R Markus vs Jan Kupec, 1995
(B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 1-0

Teske, Teske, Teske
H Teske vs J Gdanski, 1998
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

A Real Corker
K Corker vs R Samar, 1999 
(A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 0-1

Dead Woman Walking
M Vachier-Lagrave vs S Boudehen, 1999 
(C47) Four Knights, 43 moves, 1-0

Ronen, the Flying Monster
Schmaltz vs R Har-Zvi, 2001 
(C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 0-1

Forberg to Play On
K Georgiou vs A Forberg, 2001
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

Oh, I'd Love to See an Oskar Von Bahr Checkmate
O Von Bahr vs F Handke, 2003 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 1-0

Moos is Still Alive!
S Moosavian vs H Cil, 2005 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0

Burned!
Wenliang vs G Kacheishvili, 2005
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

In a Werle
J Werle vs I Sokolov, 2007 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 0-1

Him Way Too Bold
M Herbold vs V Schweitzer, 2007
(B15) Caro-Kann, 42 moves, 0-1

En-Aabling
J Aabling-Thomsen vs T Soraas, 2007
(B30) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0

Harry Sprenger
D Baramidze vs J Sprenger, 2007
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

Rohits the Fan
R Tolentino vs G Rohit, 2007 
(B40) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0

You Can't Beat the Zueger!
J Sondermann vs B Zueger, 2007
(A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1

No Way, Ni Hua.
Ni Hua vs Le Quang Liem, 2008 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 49 moves, 0-1

Socko To Me
M Socko vs Y Dembo, 2008
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

Meri Man
C Briscoe vs M Grigoryan, 2008
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Seirup is not sweet
S Seirup vs M Maechel, 2009 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 33 moves, 0-1

Resigned to His Fate
J Bejtovic vs A Smith, 2009
(A13) English, 36 moves, 1-0

Eijk!
S Van Eijk vs S Beukema, 2009 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0

First!
V Baghdasaryan vs V Durarbayli, 2010
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 49 moves, 0-1

The Ditch is Nigh
S Sjugirov vs Naiditsch, 2010 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0

Kurmanny!
O Kurmann vs J Markos, 2010
(B30) Sicilian, 46 moves, 1-0

The Absolute Second
D Khismatullin vs I Kurnosov, 2011 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Hit-and-Run Dreever
Dreev vs S Dovliatov, 2011 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 49 moves, 1-0

Fried by Chucky
Sutovsky vs Ivanchuk, 2011 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

This is Another Fine Marais You've Gotten Me Into!
C Marais vs G Louw, 2011 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 47 moves, 0-1

King Junta
D Yang vs J Ikeda, 2011
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 50 moves, 1-0

Plukkel the Strings
S Plukkel vs S Haslinger, 2012 
(C45) Scotch Game, 40 moves, 1-0

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