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Corvus frugilegus
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Rooks!

La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 100 moves, 1-0

Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Harrwitz vs Morphy, 1858  
(A84) Dutch, 54 moves, 0-1

A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1

G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1

R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

With a little help from the King
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1888 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1

E Schallopp vs Gossip, 1890 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

White resigns in the face of a Blind Swine checkmate.
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

Schlechter vs S Herzfeld, 1893 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0

E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0

Calle se, Don Quixote
Torre vs Lasker, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0

K Ruben vs S Khan, 1930 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 74 moves, 1-0

Keres vs J Turn, 1943 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 56 moves, 1-0

M Szigeti vs Benko, 1945 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1

Szabo vs A Dueckstein, 1957 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 35 moves, 1-0

J Klein vs B Marcussi, 1963 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0

"Bye bye, birdie"
J Rukavina vs B Larsen, 1973 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 0-1

Resigns in the face of a Rook sac
A Zwaig vs Miles, 1977 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

More Rook sacs
H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1

Poaching that crow would be instant death.
G Kourtesis vs Kotronias, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 5 moves, 0-1

Mobile Rook vs. Blocked Rook: An Endgame Study
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0

J Garcia Padron vs J Bellon Lopez, 1990 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
(D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 1-0

E Alekseev vs A Fominyh, 2003 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Svidler, 2005 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 28 moves, 1-0

Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2008 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0

K Azimova vs V Solovyov, 2009
(C47) Four Knights, 53 moves, 0-1

A swindle attempt by one Rook to try to stop mate by two
L'Ami vs Van Wely, 2010 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

Two crows on the seventh with imminent checkmate.
J Werle vs Y Xiao, 2016 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

A murder of crows, or a building of rooks. Either way...
D Wagner vs Kosteniuk, 2018 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 117 moves, 0-1

Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2018 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1

Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk, 2018 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2018 
(B07) Pirc, 80 moves, 0-1

Double Rook exchange sacs
E Paehtz vs Kosteniuk, 2019 
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 36 moves, 0-1

Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 90 moves, 1/2-1/2

E Klimentov vs Goryachkina, 2023 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1

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