19. Bxf7+! Traps Queen via "Clearance" move Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 24. Ra3!! A Beliavsky vs Larsen, 1984  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0 17. Nf5!! von der Lasa vs Anderssen, 1845  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0 37...gxf3! sets up 38...Rh7!! Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1 7. b5!! F Kraus vs V Costin, 1913  (A43) Old Benoni, 8 moves, 1-0 4. h3?? is loss of Queen or Mate after 4...Ne3! A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 8. Bxa8?? loses to 8...Bg4 NN vs Beis, 1940  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1 6. Nxd5?? results in a trapped Queen & a piece down C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1 Spassky"s Queen is trapped after an unsound attack Uhlmann vs Spassky, 1967  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 22 moves, 0-1 16. g4! and 17. Nf5! trap the Queen with dual threats J Hanken vs J Yehl, 2004  (A20) English, 17 moves, 1-0 15. g5! H Angantysson vs K Kaiszauri, 1982  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 13. Ng5! J Richardson vs A Eva, 1939  (B07) Pirc, 13 moves, 1-0 11. Ng1! or 11. Ng5! J Krejcik vs R Muenz, 1911  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0 29. Nd5! A Nimzowitsch vs P Leonhardt, 1911   (C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 9. Bxf7+! E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0 Polgar and Spassky miss 12. Bxf7+! J Polgar vs Spassky, 1993  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 63 moves, 0-1 38...Qa5! Averbakh vs Petrosian, 1959  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 40 moves, 0-1 31...Rf3! Filip vs Petrosian, 1956  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1 25.Bxa5! Leko vs W Heckel, 1989  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 15. Bg5! Fischer vs V Ciocaltea, 1962  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 26 moves, 1-0 5. Bxf7+! A Dadian vs Doubrava, 1896  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0 15...Nxe4! 16. Bg2 Ne5! 17. Bxe4?? 17... Nc4 traps the Queen Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 20 moves, 0-1 16. e5! bxc3 17. e6 traps the Queen for a small advantage Aronian vs K Spraggett, 2005  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 46 moves, 1-0 16...Nd7?? 17. Ng3! J L Burden vs L Christiansen, 1992  (B06) Robatsch, 68 moves, 0-1 35. Bb6! S Polgar vs Z Kiss, 1980  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 36 moves, 1-0 32. Bg5! Petrosian vs R Cardoso, 1958  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 8. Ne6! Birchbeer vs NN, 1995  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 28...Qxg2+! sacs Black's Queen to trap White's R Bugajski vs S Loeffler, 2005  (A36) English, 35 moves, 0-1 14...Qa5?? allows 15. Nb3! Qxa2 16. Nc3! +- Timman vs Polugaevsky, 1973  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 15 moves, 1-0 24. d6! prepares 25. Nd5! Bronstein vs A Medina Garcia, 1955  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0 28...Nc4! L Christiansen vs V Kovacevic, 1990  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 0-1 21. Bxf6!! gxf6 22. f4! Svidler vs Karpov, 2003  (C49) Four Knights, 33 moves, 1-0 6. Bxf7+!! Klimov vs Gorbunov, 1989  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0 31...Qxd1! I Saren vs Larsen, 1973  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1 23...Qh2+! F Dahlhaus vs U Jost, 1999  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 25 moves, 0-1 38. Rxc4! Unzicker vs Keres, 1956  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 39 moves, 1-0 21. Bxe5! is followed by two deflections to trap the Queen Unzicker vs S Conquest, 1986  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 10. Nxd4! allows a losing double attack Booth vs S Fazekas, 1940  (C18) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0 18. Nf5! Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 18. Rxd5! A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0 21...Kh7! sets up 22...f3! and 24...Rh8! -+ Z Domnitz vs Pachman, 1973  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 7. Qa6?? allows 7...Bb4+! -+ Najmes vs J Balogh, 1943  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1 17. c4!! J Kozma vs Korchnoi, 1969  (E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 21 moves, 0-1 21...Ra8! is followed by 22...Bd8 -+ Topalov vs J Polgar, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 42...Qa6! -+ threatening 43...Bd8 -+ N Michaelsen vs Bacrot, 2000  (D85) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 0-1 12. f4! sets up 14. g3! to harass and force the Queen's demise R Calvo Minguez vs Korchnoi, 1966  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 18 moves, 1-0 24. Rxd7!! Speelman vs M Stangl, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0 17. Bd2! Anand vs Salov, 1991  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 21 moves, 1-0 13...Bxd5! forces White to lose a piece to save the Queen Kmoch vs Saemisch, 1928  (C28) Vienna Game, 23 moves, 0-1 25. Rf4! Kotronias vs Nakamura, 2009  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0 36...Ra1+! 37. Kc2 Na5 -+ ( 35...Qa8! begins this combo) E Walther vs Tal, 1966  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 0-1 10. b4! J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0 34. Rg6+! traps the Queen in three moves R Goletiani vs A Zatonskih, 2009  (A09) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1 20. Nxe5! traps the Queen due to a pinned pawn & a mate threat Keres vs Kotov, 1947  (B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0 21. Nxf7! Stellwagen vs I Rees, 2009  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0 7. Bxf7+! snares the Queen by discovered attack or Knight Fork Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0 26. Rac1! (the trick is seeing this possibility after 24. b4!) C Lutz vs J Balcerak, 2000  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0 7. Bx7+! N Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0 23. h4! Motylev vs B Ivanovic, 2000  (B56) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 34. Qxe8+! sacs a Queen to win a Queen and lots more Kasimdzhanov vs H Hofstra, 2004  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 15...Nxb3! 16. axb3 Re5 -+ S Sanchez Castillo vs E Ubiennykh, 2001  (C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1 14. Bb5! threatened Queen trap would've won decisive material Lagno vs Y Hou, 2010  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 0-1 12. b4!! Qxb4 13. a4! +- L Kritz vs N Firman, 2007  (B07) Pirc, 22 moves, 1-0 40...Ne5! forces 41. Qe8 to avoid 41...Rf8 -+ Ponomariov vs Anand, 2011  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 52 moves, 0-1 6...Nd3+! exploits the pin to win the Queen for 2 minor pieces Venert vs V Mechkarov, 1970  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1 16. c4! exploits 15...a3?? Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2011  (A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1 42. Ne7+! Kh7 43. Nf5 +- solves a Tuesday puzzle F Berkes vs S Mareco, 2011  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0 16. cxb4! Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qxa2 18. Qc3! f6 19. Ra1 +- Miles vs Plaskett, 1983  (A22) English, 19 moves, 1-0 7. Bxf7+ Good Knight! You're smothering me. R P Klabunde vs Snijder, 1983  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0 35. Bb8! plus clearance & discovered attack S Foisor vs E Formanek, 2012  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 14. Bxh7+!! V Fedoseev vs J Westerberg, 2012  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 20 moves, 1-0 14. Ndxe4!! solves Sunday Jan 11, 2015 Puzzle Aronian vs Mamedyarov, 2014  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 44 moves, 1-0 33. Rd1 O Girya vs A Kashlinskaya, 2014  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 37 moves, 1-0 22...f4 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016  (E15) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1 9. axb4 +- solves a Tuesday puzzle H Walkerling vs Hanssen, 1928  (B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 32...Qxe4! solves Wednesday Dec 6, 2017 V Shcherbakov vs Furman, 1955  (C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 18. Rg3! solves Thursday Dec 21, 2017 So vs Nakamura, 2016  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 21 moves, 1-0 21. Bxg6! Kxg6 22. Qb2+ solves Friday 2/9/2018 Le Quang Liem vs Kazhgaleyev, 2016  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0 22...Nd4! solves Wed Oct 9, 2019 F Vallejo Pons vs N Huschenbeth, 2010  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 102 moves, 0-1 31. Rh1! S Volkov vs C Balogh, 2007  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 32 moves, 1-0 80 games