Pawn makes mate while Secret Service pieces are "out to lunch"!
Greco vs NN, 1620  (B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Pawn captures a Knght which also makes David & Goliath Mate
Bird vs Pinkerley, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
David and Goliath Mate after a King Hunt
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice of Queen and Pawn support make the mate possible
C Saulson vs H Phillips, 1907  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
34. ... Kh4 35. Qg3+ Kg6 h4#
Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1911  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Three Pawns working-- attacker, supporter and one stops escape
Alekhine vs B Verlinsky, 1918  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Bishop and Pawn with Pawn support ends this game
Itze vs H Reinle, 1925  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 0-1
Only two squares are vacant in the White King's vicinity
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Rook Sac decoys White Queen so Pawn Mate happens
A Karu vs Keres, 1931  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Pawn is only helped by a Knight
A Powers vs A Dake, 1937  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
Deliberately losing the Exchange sets up the Pawn Mate
Alekhine vs H Fahardo, 1939  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0
Continuation: 44...Kxe5 45.Nf7+ Kf5 46.g4#
Tolush vs J Randviir, 1947  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 1-0
Pawn Brings Mate after King Hunt to the Center
Shainswit vs D Brummer, 1965  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Continuation: 52. ... f1Q e7# New Queen is a useless Tall Pawn!
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Mate-in-3 continuation brings mate by h Pawn
D Allan vs L Day, 1980  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 0-1
After 37. ... Kg5, the Pawn moves to a4 for the Checkmate.
J Polgar vs J L Fernandez Garcia, 1993  (B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 1-0
Continuation: 47. ... gxh4 48. g4# (Pawn chain and Bishop)
Karpov vs P Mickiewicz, 1997  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 47 moves, 1-0
Four continuations for exactly the same mate!
E Agrest vs R Bachler, 1997 (A16) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Continuation: 18. Kxf1 Rd1+ 19. Kg2 h3#
S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001  (A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1
Continuation: 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. h7# ( 30. Qxg7# also)
M Jadoul vs G Plomp, 2003  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Continuation: 32. Kg4 f4# (Discovery Attack on escape square)
M Meinhardt vs Sasikiran, 2007  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
Actually an En Passant David and Goliath Mate-- very rare!
I Korepanova vs A Tishkov, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
A Rook Sacrifice paves the way for the Pawn to bring checkmate
C Storey vs J Jarmany, 2014  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 1-0
Queen Sacrifice allows David and Goliath Mate to be made
C Zhu vs G Suez-Panama, 2014  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 1-0
MATE, DON'T TAKE example along with the Pawn Victorious state.
M Mosadeghpour vs V Sanal, 2015  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
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