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O-O-O(+) attacking a rook on b2/b7
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These are games in which a player castles queenside, attacking a rook on b2 or b7 with the king. Ideally in doing so the player attacks another piece (usually the king) with the rook, thus winning material.

The first of the Mohicans
G H Thornton vs W H Boultbee, 1884 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

H Mattison vs R Millers, 1926 
(B20) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1-0

A rare case where Black pulls off this trick
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1

The most famous example
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Borbely vs Kovacs, 1948 
(B53) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1-0

Attacking the rook on b2 and a knight on d7
Gelfand vs Adams, 2013 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0

D Arond vs R Murphy, 2015 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

F Vallejo Pons vs So, 2017 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

The Same Old Storey
C Storey vs D Scoones, 1978 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 16 moves, 0-1

...O-O-O threatens Rd1#
A Indusekar vs E Rosen, 2013
(A21) English, 14 moves, 0-1

Shirov vs E Rosen, 2017 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Gufeld's "Mona Lisa"
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1

O-O-O threatens Rd8#
N S Nilsson vs H D Pedersen, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 1-0

Feuer-O'Kelly redux
I Mestek vs A Voscilla, 2016
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

F Rhine vs Marc Taramelli, 2020 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 15 moves, 1-0

F Rhine vs NN, 2022 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 1-0

Trap avoided
Brunello vs M Lagarde, 2019 
(D80) Grunfeld, 50 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs T Kallesoe, 2004 
(C45) Scotch Game, 34 moves, 1-0

...O-O-O threatening ...Rd1#
R Mamedov vs Navara, 2022 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 23 moves, 0-1

Honorable Mention: O-O-O attacking a knight on d2
A Beliavsky vs Timman, 1986 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0

A Chopra vs Ganguly, 2022
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

M C Palmer vs Euwe, 1949 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 14 moves, 0-1

R Adamson vs R Fischer, 2018
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0

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