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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