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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