Alexander Alekhine and "strong" back files... Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0 Houston! We have a Queen stuck on the pipelines! D Waterman vs R Samo, 1974  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 a trapped queen by Botvinnik Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0 "Knight-een" moves...! P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1 hey Reti, who needs rooks? Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 Reti's bishops... Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1 15. Qxh6+!! and 18. Rf4+! Blackburne vs H Gifford, 1874   (C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 I just need one rook.... Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0 19...Kf8 20.Qh6++ or 19...Kh8 20.Qh6! and it's "curtains down" Yanofsky vs J Therien, 1947  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 Giving Queen odds, White announces forced mate at move 7... W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0 Queen sac by taking central pawn forces unusual Bishop mate! W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892  (C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0 Capablanca sees through the mirror. Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0 Fishing in troubled waters. Koneru vs C Waters, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1 Even Petrosian's Queen sacs had a prophylactic final touch. Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Final mate could've be a golden stamp for future corres. games! V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0 67-year old Lasker still rocked... Lasker vs Pirc, 1935  (B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0 Steadman tells no tale... S F St Jermain Steadman vs Ed. Lasker, 1913  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1 After the storm has passed, a minute of silence... E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 0-1 9.Nxe5!! Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0 Morphy would've haunted the real Ghost of the Opera! Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 20.Qg6!! Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0 18.Rxe6!! Torre vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 8.exf6?? allows 9...Qe7!! and 10...Bg7!! Y Rusakov vs B Verlinsky, 1947  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1 M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs B Baranov, 1953  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Canal pieces, please, leave the filthy job to the Bishops? E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0 One of Chernev's classic recipes for beginners. Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1910  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 16...Nxh5 17.Rxh5! winning Torre vs H E Jennings, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 16 moves, 1-0 Edgar Colle's Immortal Attacking Game! Colle vs J J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 L Bruzon Batista vs Jobava, 2005  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0 The black's dark square bishop: the last nail on white's coffin I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1 10...Nxc3?? allows 11.Qg5+! crushing J Mason vs Chigorin, 1889  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0 NN vs P S Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1 16.gxf6!! Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 12...Bf5!! and 13...Qxh3+!! NN vs Blackburne, 1884   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 14.Nxf7! allows 20.g6!! (20...hxg6 21.Rh3 and 22.Rh8+) A Volokitin vs Z Kozul, 2001  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0 17...Qa5!! wins(18.Qxa5 Nc2++) Charming! K Tsarouhas vs Kotronias, 2005  (A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 18 moves, 0-1 7.Qxg7!? leads to complications where no king is safe Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992  (C47) Four Knights, 19 moves, 1-0 16...Ne4!! and 17...Ng3!! Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1 11...Bxb4+! allows 13...Rc2 and 14...Ne3 winning J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1 9...Nxd4!! and 10...b4!! unprotects white king to mate Morphy vs Maurian, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1 20.0-0-0!! threats 21.f3++(20...exf4 21.Rd4++) Marshall vs Burn, 1907  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 15.e6 - If you open lines, it doesn't matter if the Queen dies! J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0 Not only to WIN the piece BUT to know how to KEEP it. Chiburdanidze vs O A Andreieva, 1973  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 1-0 Blow after blow, from one corner to the other! A Feuerstein vs Bennett, 1955  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 13 moves, 1-0 The diamond in the crown of the 2015 World Junior Champion M Antipov vs J van Foreest, 2015  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0 What!? Painfully yes: that's the great Stein on the losing side M Ruderfer vs Stein, 1972  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 20 moves, 1-0 Accepting the sac of both Rooks doesn't lose everytime. A Planinc vs M Podgaets, 1970  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 20 moves, 1-0 Nigmadzianov vs L Kaplun, 1977  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 21 moves, 1-0 Fomenko vs L Radchenko, 1967  (C59) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1 Piotrowski vs J Sokolow, 1971  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 0-1 Just too much violence,sacs,tactics,counters for a miniature! A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1 H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919   (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0 Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Briefness is Per-fection. P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1 Loyd's renowned problem-like Mate-in-3 after 24.Qe6!! S Loyd vs C C Moore, 1853  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0 A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1 A Nicifor vs E Kramer, 1921  (C48) Four Knights, 25 moves, 0-1 H Helms vs O Tenner, 1942  (C51) Evans Gambit, 13 moves, 1-0 I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0 B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 J M de Oliveira Gomes vs J G Caetano Netto, 1942  (C46) Three Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 E E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0 How to make a miniature against Iron Tigran? Positionally! Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1982   (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0 De Vere vs Paulsen, 1870  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0 J Balogh vs A Gromer, 1931  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 23 moves, 1-0 Torre vs E Z Adams, 1920  (C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0 Traxler - The father unleashing the power of his son J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890   (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1 Schlechter's Immortal B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1 Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 Mr. Believe-it-or-not of Chess sets his own record. Singers vs T Krabbe, 1958  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1 S P Rahul vs A Gandhi, 2016  (E90) King's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0 Wei Yi vs Y Xu, 2017  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Ukraine Immortal E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 A jewel of the "happiest moment" (Sosonko) of young Smyslov K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1 Black's monster Rook sac novelty on the Dutch beats 2700 player Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1 Capa jumped into it fiercely and Black missed the best 18...d5! Capablanca vs S Campos, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0 The jewel on the crown of the European Junior Champ of 2002 Mamedyarov vs B Galstian, 2002  (A57) Benko Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0 Shamkovich vs V Zheliandinov, 1959   (A66) Benoni, 20 moves, 1-0 W Schmidt vs C Maalouf, 1961  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 E Inarkiev vs R Leitao, 2013  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0 I A Zaitsev vs O Dementiev, 1970  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0 R Filguth vs A De La Garza Madero, 1980  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 19 moves, 1-0 S Chanda vs S Himanshu, 2006  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 21 moves, 1-0 S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 The violent Berlin Spanish before "Cold War" (drawish era) A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0 de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0 M Cebalo vs Vasiukov, 2014  (A80) Dutch, 13 moves, 1-0 Tal vs M Neibults, 1991  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0 Timoshenko vs L Bergez, 2001  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 R Runau vs Schmidt, 1972  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0 W Heidenfeld vs Zietemann, 1929  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 Fischer vs Geller, 1967  (B89) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1 Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0 Y Troinov vs L Popov, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0 N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 A Hodges vs J Daniels, 1886  (C28) Vienna Game, 23 moves, 1-0 Charousek vs Gruenn, 1890  (C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 1-0 Vladimirov vs V Vorotnikov, 1974  (D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1 101 games