nd5 = queen loss
Wiesel vs Weigel, 1923  (B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0
bb5+ = knight loss 6..ng4??
K Rahn vs L Rellstab, 1941  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
ne6+ = queen loss
D Mueller-Using vs F Hoffmann, 1995  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
e4 decoy=queen fork
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
6.qf3=material advantage
Greco vs NN, 1620  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0
bxf7+ = queen loss
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0
queen sac trap
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
knight trap:)
B Wall vs L Shameson, 1986  (C51) Evans Gambit, 9 moves, 1-0
good queen trap :)
J Krejcik vs S Takacs, 1920  (A06) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
great trap
G Abrahams vs W R Thomas, 1923  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
ne5 defeats relative pin
I Berzina vs V Sondore, 1965  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
blunder=mate
Michael Meyer vs D Newcomb, 1952  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
legal
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
bb5 pins queen
Kolisch vs E Geake, 1860  (C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
nxc6 leaves queen overworked
A Oppenheim vs NN, 1921  (C47) Four Knights, 9 moves, 1-0
pin=nd6 mate
A Schroeder vs R Black, 1912  (A06) Reti Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
5..nxh7 = mate in 2
H Haberditz vs Hysek, 1938  (A04) Reti Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
nxf7 queen loss variation
G Welling vs A Faber, 1978  (A06) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
great queen trap!
H I McMahon vs Marshall, 1897  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 7 moves, 0-1
careful what you take
G Robinson vs C Davie, 1916  (C42) Petrov Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
common queen trap
Koltanowski vs K Diller, 1960  (C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
queen sac to mate!
T K Twigg vs E Gray, 1947  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
bxf7+ = queen loss
A J Donnelly vs E Pollington, 1963  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0
bxf2 leads to knight fork
NN vs P Leonhardt, 1903  (C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1
queen sac mate:)
B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
queen sac to mate for black
Swain vs Smart, 1990  (C46) Three Knights, 13 moves, 0-1
queen pin and win
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
text book style bishop sac to mate
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0
rook sac to mate
G Kieninger vs P Mross, 1941  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 14 moves, 1-0
queen sac to bishop mate!
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
queen sac decoy to mate
Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001  (A43) Old Benoni, 9 moves, 1-0
nxe5! mate
T Draisma vs J de Graaf, 1954  (C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
queen trap
M Christoffel vs A Haerri, 1992  (C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
bishop sac to queen loss
L Boros vs I Saller, 1995  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
double check = mate!
A Miller vs Chernev, 1928  (C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 0-1
legal style mate
Taylor vs K Dreyer, 1934  (C27) Vienna Game, 9 moves, 1-0
fried liver attack
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
queen sac mate
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
nxf7 leads to mate
Alekhine vs R Bruce, 1938  (B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0
pin to mate
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
bxf7+ queen loss variation
C Gibbs vs C Davie, 1916  (C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0
forced queen loss
Barnett vs Eastwood, 1949  (C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0
queen sac leads to mate on f7
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
discovered mate
A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
pin on d7= queen loss
Z von Balla vs A Ritzen, 1914  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 9 moves, 1-0
bg5=queen loss
A Pearsall vs White, 1935  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 9 moves, 1-0
qd5 wins the knight
C van den Berg vs F Gaarenstroom, 1943  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
bishop gets traped
R Dworzynski vs Keres, 1956  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 11 moves, 0-1
qd5 to knight loss
D Burk vs A Wishnek, 1968  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 1-0
queen sac to grecos mate
S Pencil vs G Goltsoff, 1976  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
bishop loss
B Wall vs B Henline, 1977  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
bxf7+ leads to mate in 4
T Martin vs NN, 1980  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
removal of the guard to knight loss
W Dakin vs I Hund, 1981  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 9 moves, 1-0
pin = queen loss
Motilev vs Tschirkow, 1981  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
blunder loses bishop
J Rubenstein vs I Golyak, 2005  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 9 moves, 0-1
fried liver
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
forced queen loss
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
knight sac to mate
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 1-0
queen sac to bodens mate
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
legal variation = mate
H Buckle vs NN, 1840  (B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
relative pin leads to material advantage
L Rellstab vs Butzbach, 1968  (B50) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
bxf7+ to queen loss
M de Bolster vs NN, 1970  (B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
pawn push to mate
Greiner vs L Buntin, 1975  (B40) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
4..h6?leads to decisive attack
H Krongraf vs U Monsehr, 1989  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 9 moves, 1-0
7.nxh7!=winning attack
A Blackmar vs A Labry, 1876  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0
6.nxd5?=elephant trap
C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
8.axb4 proves to be bad for white
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1
the pin 7..bg4 won't work in this position
E Diemer vs Toth, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
8.rd1 destroys blacks defences
E Diemer vs NN, 1950  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
18..qd7?although nb8 is no good either or 0-0-0?
E Diemer vs H G Gunderam, 1959  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
7..bxc4?? =double checkmate
E Diemer vs NN, 1979  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves
8..bxh2! with a beautiful attack
H Krebs vs E Diemer, 1974  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1
2..f6? gets killed
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
9.nxg5=aggresive attack
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
6.nxg5!! leads to mate
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
10.nfd5!?
A Blackmar vs E Farrar, 1881  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Lietsch vs Van Minden, 1957  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0
E Diemer vs S Weinmann, 1980  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
J Vasser vs T Brookshear, 1981  (C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 1-0
V Muratov vs B Baranov, 1964  (C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs A Evenson, 1918  (C26) Vienna, 14 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs R Mikulka, 1925  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Teichmann vs NN, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Koltanowski vs NN, 1953  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Aronin vs Kantarovich, 1960  (B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
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