pins and fork wins in eight
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
a queen sac nips Zukertort.
Zukertort vs Lipschutz, 1886  (C27) Vienna Game, 53 moves, 0-1
White's queen turns into Ms.Pac-man
Otto vs von der Lasa, 1839  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
queen diverted by impudent pawn
A Dunkelblum vs Keres, 1937  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
white traps the queen-wins it by pawn move
A Istratescu vs I Frosinos, 2001  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
odd Legal variation
B Raphael vs H P Montgomery, 1856  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Anastasia's mate
P Roth vs G Rajna, 1975  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
The thrill of the chase.
G Janny vs I Gudju, 1920  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
three minor pieces trap king
NN vs W Curran, 1876  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1
Noa goes down with his ship.
J Noa vs J Mason, 1883  (C11) French, 15 moves, 0-1
a Tarrasch memorial
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Variation on DeLegal-black moves pawns w.o. develop.
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0
a queen dies for a two knight mate
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
horses ride the queen
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
queen sac followed by knight and bishop mate
B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Puck is dropped like a bad habit-like Miller-Chernov
Puck vs Troll, 1961  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
Robert G Pain vs R Peters, 1982  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 1-0
bad day for non-"Jeremy"
F M Wren vs W E Mayfield, 1941  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
Budapest queen trap leaves white hung(a)ry
S Takacs vs J Krejcik, 1920  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
queen trapped by attack,fork,and forced capture
M Pytel vs E Prie, 1990  (C10) French, 9 moves, 0-1
bird's immortal
Bird vs NN, 1869  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
black's king falls into mousetrap
J Mieses vs NN, 1900  (C27) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 1-0
duhm vs duhm(er)
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0
Fischer traps an unsuspecting queen.
Fischer vs NN, 1959  (B56) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
mate at c2 can only by prevented by loss of Q
M Hancas vs E G Reicher, 1987  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch trap!
Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
five weak moves--lead to early loss
Prince Dadian vs Doubrava, 1896  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
two knight traps in one game!!
E Berg vs McShane, 2003  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 0-1
eight is enough
Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001  (A43) Old Benoni, 9 moves, 1-0
If there is a fork in the road,take it-Yogi Berra
J Westman vs E Havansi, 1964  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
devestating double check!
E Delmar vs NN, 1898  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Legal mate served by Pillsbury.
Pillsbury vs Fernandez, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1-0
black regains sac-ed queen by discovered ch. or by fork.
A Harju vs M Liimatta, 1986  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1
a queen sac send white's king to the scaffold
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923  (A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
sudden death by Short circuit.
Short vs Chiburdanidze, 1985  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 31 moves, 0-1
geller goes down after quick queen move.
K Kulaots vs J Geller, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 8 moves, 1-0
No Joshing!-a real good finish by Mr. Waitzkin
Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
exchanges expose white's queen
M Porges vs Winawer, 1892  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1
Have a FalkBEER on me!
K Bayer vs Falkbeer, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
a Greco smothered mate!
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
to castle with check good//to interpose with dc/better
NN vs M Bier, 1903  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1
a position to gladden the heart-Chernev
Krauthauser vs H Herrmann, 1934  (A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
queen sac leads to piiquant mate
NN vs G Mow, 1909  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
queen loan produces another queen at a rook gain
Glicksteen vs E Lawrence, 1971  (A02) Bird's Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
the queen gets trapped early
Klimov vs Gorbunov, 1989  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
black lets in the thundering hoards of white troops 1/26
D K Johansen vs R Valenti, 2001  (E70) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
quick attack gains rook and opens up king
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
a one puncher in the endgame
Wojtkiewicz vs Ftacnik, 1993  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 58 moves, 0-1
quick mate threat puts black to sleep early
S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
swinging door leads to mate-black only has to choose
W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892  (C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0
black can't ketchup
E Diemer vs Heinz, 1954  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
queen fork from the balcony -attacking c8 and h6
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1972  (B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0
black's poor idea of opening lines leads to an early grave
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
early sac leads to a fine attack by white
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
18 Nf5-a perfect mouse (queen) trapf
Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
queen in a bear trap
A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0
open the door so that i can kill you!
Kramnik vs NN, 1999  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0
dragon,poisoned pawn,and Reti conclusion
J E Slade vs NN, 1960  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
on second attampt-white steals a horse
Messinger vs M Rack, 1989  (C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
white plays five moves---announces mate in eight!!!
J O H Taylor vs NN, 1862  (C27) Vienna Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Noah's Ark-like trapper becomes a kind of a fool
F M Teed vs E Delmar, 1896  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0
early crossfire mate-
Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947  (B15) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0
mate in three-after five moves! Var. of a fool's mate
C Damant vs NN, 1932  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
pitfall=Winter storm
G A Thomas vs W Winter, 1927  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 0-1
a forced matein four by Bronstein
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
Adams' queen tied in Knotts
S Knott vs D M Adams, 2004  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
Zukertort mates Anderssen in 12 with queen sac
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
black can choose only-which piece to mate him
J O H Taylor vs NN, 1874  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Reti-Tartakower in reverse-Evans Gambit in rev. also
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
queen smothered in six moves.
J Cukierman vs NN, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
queen sac and crossfire mate
Teichmann vs NN, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
surprise consecutive sacs
Koneru vs C Waters, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
the trapper is trapped by a nasty pawn
Hort vs V Zheliandinov, 1967  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 1-0
pawn acts as pro-temp bishop to win queen
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
black has choice of three fifth moves-all bad.
L Monosson vs M Fauque, 1935  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
usual exchange of R+P for B+N-becomes "Unusual"
Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
16...Nh1!-there is NO exit.
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946  (A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
three minor pieces mate in nine moves
Muskietorz vs J Salt, 1958  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
black would like to exchange-but cannot wo losing
I Cheparinov vs L Lang, 1995  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
five moves! queen fork/fools mate theme
Lusgin vs M Joffe, 1968  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0
greedy whitegains queen,but must give it back+piece besides
S Lemieux vs D Feoktistov, 2001  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 6 moves, 0-1
another quick glass of Bier.
NN vs M Bier, 1905  (A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
mate by knight and bishop? or bishop and then knight!
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0
epaulette mate in eleven moves.!
I Schomann vs M Amini, 2007  (A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
Athens sacrifices queen-wins in 10 moves! London broiled.
London vs Athens, 1897  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Boden with a twist.
H Reinle vs NN, 1936  (C28) Vienna Game, 15 moves, 1-0
both queens go for rooks.
A Feuerstein vs Bennett, 1955  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
a Freddy Kruger-type original
P Larsson vs Englund, 1942  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
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