Tarrasch vs Burn, 1907  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs G A Thomas, 1935  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1960  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 45 moves, 1-0
Averbakh vs Petrosian, 1959  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Petrosian was VERY good at this!
Filip vs Petrosian, 1956  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
A Truscott vs C J A Wade, 1943  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Csom, 1989  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 36 moves, 1-0
Capablanca was pretty good at it too.
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1925  (A14) English, 29 moves, 1-0
10...Qe8 11.Nd6
V Nedela vs J Slepanek, 1996  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 10 moves, 1-0
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
NN vs Greco, 1620  (C26) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1
NN vs Greco, 1620  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Sosonko, 1989  (B30) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs A I Konstantinov, 1936  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 1-0
Z Domnitz vs Pachman, 1973  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1
17.Qe2 Bd3
E O'Hare vs P Dillon, 1966  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 0-1
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
D Smith vs B Wall, 1971  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
B Wall vs L Chapman, 1973  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
11...Nd6
D Ponziani vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1770  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
31...Qb4 32.Ra4
Capablanca vs R T Black, 1916  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1-0
In the middle of the board!
Fischer vs NN, 1959  (B56) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
C Bloodgood vs M Haack, 1975  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
B Wall vs T Flores, 1988  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
Maurian vs Morphy, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 0-1
P Frazer vs Taubenhaus, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 8 moves, 1-0
R Leitao vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999  (E73) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
17...Qf5 18.g6
Gibbins vs Franklin, 1961  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
R Goletiani vs A Zatonskih, 2009  (A09) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
M Muslimovic vs F Bistric, 2003  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1
E Walther vs Tal, 1966  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
B Wall vs S Millimaci, 1987  (B32) Sicilian, 6 moves, 1-0
M Weiss vs Gossip, 1889  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0
NN vs J van Mil, 1973  (C48) Four Knights, 8 moves, 0-1
23...Qd4 24.Bc3
S Knott vs D M Adams, 2004  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
G W Lyttelton vs S Green, 1862  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
M Blau vs J H Donner, 1958  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
21...Qa3 22.Bc1
Z Rahman vs T Toh, 1994  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0
28.Qa6 Nc7
H Heinicke vs K Junge, 1940  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 27 moves, 0-1
One of the most ridiculous Queenmates on record.
S Polgar vs Z Kiss, 1980  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 36 moves, 1-0
Vidmar vs H Mattison, 1931  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
C Lutz vs J Balcerak, 2000  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0
Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1959  (E61) King's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs J Friedrichsen, 1974  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs D Ferguson, 1989  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 1-0
T Shaked vs Kasparov, 1997  (D85) Grunfeld, 20 moves, 0-1
Tal vs J Lechtynsky, 1984  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
S F Lebedev vs S Izbinsky, 1903  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 15 moves, 1-0
J Mangini vs E German, 1952  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
L Sepulveda vs M C B Acevedo, 1993  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
Nijboer vs Sutovsky, 2001  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 31 moves, 0-1
J Mieses vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  (C10) French, 37 moves, 0-1
V Gashimov vs Ivanchuk, 2010  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
Bisguier vs Benko, 1963  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
I Krush vs K B Richardson, 2007  (E73) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0
S Rosenthal vs de Lamothe, 1888  (C28) Vienna Game, 12 moves, 1-0
H Ullrich vs NN, 1952  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 8 moves, 1-0
E Torre vs Vaganian, 1984  (A57) Benko Gambit, 54 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Albin, 1897  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
B Weber vs A Hennings, 1957  (A13) English, 18 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1871  (C52) Evans Gambit, 59 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1998  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Koltanowski vs W Nolan, 1960  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs Geller, 1970  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
A Planinc vs Z Mestrovic, 1974  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 15 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2010  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0
Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1891  (C52) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Geller vs Lengyel, 1973  (C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
Don't kid yourself, you'll need more than a QM to win
P Hage vs K Makarczyk, 1936  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 0-1
J Franzen vs J Petreje, 1996  (B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Spassky, 1965  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
M Szigeti vs Benko, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs P Ravn, 1951  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs W Cohn, 1900  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
Mackenzie vs E Alberoni, 1876  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs L Gallegos, 1944  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs V Manko, 1905  (C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 1-0
L Sepp vs B Sundberg, 1936  (A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
J Hart vs Silman, 1991  (B32) Sicilian, 15 moves, 0-1
E Pindar vs J A Birch, 1860  (C21) Center Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Albin vs J Mieses, 1895  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
Kotov vs I Pogrebissky, 1939 (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
15. Qg7 Bf6
V Shcherbakov vs Taimanov, 1954  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 14 moves, 0-1
J Hector vs J Vidarsson, 1996  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 9 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 0-1
Svidler vs Grischuk, 2010  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
A Planinc vs V Kovacevic, 1972  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Mittenthal vs T Crispin, 1974  (C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1
J Krejcik vs R Muenz, 1911  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0
13. Qg4 Rh4
W J Lutes vs J Fuller, 1962  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs J Terrone, 1964  (C87) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0
L Schmid vs Muth, 1949  (A28) English, 23 moves, 1-0
F Berkes vs S Mareco, 2011  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Westerinen vs J Franzen, 1988  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Kotov, 1952  (B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1
Van der Wiel vs Anand, 1984  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 27 moves, 1-0
23...Qg7 24.Bh6
Z Frankel vs R Court, 1964  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0
Portisch vs Fischer, 1966  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
L Piasetski vs L Day, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0
Koneru vs Smeets, 2006  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1961  (C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0
P Larsson vs Englund, 1942  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
L'Ami vs C P Gouw, 2000  (C18) French, Winawer, 14 moves, 1-0
Veresov vs Levenfish, 1934  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Short vs Mamedyarov, 2012  (C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
J Rohl vs A Albadri, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
A Queenmate AND a checkmate!
F Sanchez Aller vs A Gonzalez de la Nava, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
In a Loser
J L Burden vs L Christiansen, 1992  (B06) Robatsch, 68 moves, 0-1
H Lofgren vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2000  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
T Tabatadze vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1991  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 15 moves, 1-0
J Rush vs Illescas Cordoba, 1986  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
T Cop vs S Drazic, 2010  (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0
Miles vs Plaskett, 1983  (A22) English, 19 moves, 1-0
Not all Queenmates are impressive or winnable
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs J L Switzar, 1875  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
J U Trippe vs B Skonieczna, 1988  (B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 0-1
V Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, 2013  (A21) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Beliavsky vs Larsen, 1984  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs Eliskases, 1932  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C58) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs M Stangl, 1994  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
This is a special one
I Cabrijan vs V Piro, 2010  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 49 moves, 0-1
G Popilski vs Grigoriants, 2012  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
A Das vs I Ben Artzi, 2012 (C53) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs Fischer, 1966  (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 53 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs NN, 1884  (C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
A Istratescu vs I Frosinos, 2001  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
R Donker vs Y Afek, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
L Christiansen vs P Cleghorn, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0
Benko vs Barcza, 1952  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 0-1
W Sandner vs H Wimmer, 1996 (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0
N Fercec vs M Jukic, 2010 (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
T Abrahamyan vs C Baginskaite, 2013  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
B Finegold vs D Kuljasevic, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 15 moves, 1-0
M Ciszek vs S Pielaet, 1987  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1
R Bott vs R D de Coverly, 1988  (C27) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 0-1
F Vallejo Pons vs Tkachiev, 2013  (C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 1-0
A Compton vs C Zhu, 2008  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1
P Etchegaray vs T Thiel, 1993  (D85) Grunfeld, 22 moves, 1-0
I Polovodin vs L Maslov, 1984  (D85) Grunfeld, 12 moves, 1-0
Sutovsky vs E Inarkiev, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
M Bely vs Portisch, 1957  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 21 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs G Stoltz, 1930  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
L Kaufman vs K Gulamali, 2012  (B07) Pirc, 27 moves, 1-0
D J Grant vs T Chapman, 2010  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
J Kaplan vs Lombardy, 1974  (B68) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7, 20 moves, 0-1
C R Sopko vs Alexander Johansson, 2013  (A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
T Marxen vs Fedorchuk, 1992  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
NN vs Beis, 1940  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1
Kostic vs G Cockerill, 1924  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 2008  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 1-0
L Rudenko vs O Rubtsova, 1956  (B58) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
A Rueb vs Euwe, 1925  (B56) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1
M Metzger vs C Brandon, 1989  (B10) Caro-Kann, 6 moves, 0-1
S Polgar vs L Apol, 1988  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0
15. Qg3 Bh4
J Garcia Elio vs G Szamoskozi, 2001  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 14 moves, 0-1
A Elwin vs R Hughes, 2014  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
A Vaisser vs A Mutzner, 1989  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0
J Readey vs K Burger, 1989  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs S Farmer, 1989  (B20) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0
V Mikenas vs Keres, 1949  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 21 moves, 0-1
J F Shaw vs W Lukowiak, 1959  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld vs G Nagy, 1924  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
Benjamin vs Gufeld, 2000  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1
K Chernyshov vs Andrejew, 1982  (C00) French Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
C Dell'Accio vs E Paoli, 1967  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
K Jensen vs W Norton, 1981  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 11 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Toldsepp, 1934  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Yurkov vs Salov, 1979  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 14 moves, 1-0
J Bryning vs C E Ranken, 1878  (A10) English, 26 moves, 0-1
23. Qf3 Bg4
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016  (E15) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
So vs Nakamura, 2016  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 21 moves, 1-0
Beliavsky vs Hjartarson, 1989  (B32) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
B Suhle vs Anderssen, 1859  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
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