Don't take Knight-- do 13...Bd4+ or Queen later-- do 16...Rxh2#
J Gocher vs Harrwitz, 1859  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1
Not 9. ... Nxc2 to win the Exchange,but 9. ... Nd3#!!
NN vs E Canal, 1935  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Royal Fork by 53. Rf8+, but mate comes, not taking the Queen!
C H Alexander vs B H Wood, 1957 (C02) French, Advance, 55 moves, 1-0
After 11...Kd6, leave the Queen w/o 12. Bxd8 and do 12. Qxd5#!
Koltanowski vs Day, 1960  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0
After 14. Qxg2, do not re-take by Nxg2, but Ne2# is better!
H Bohm vs R Hernandez Onna, 1979  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 0-1
Continuation: 19. Nxa4 Bc2+ 20. Kd2 Bf4# and not 19. ... Nc2.
F Berend vs S Coffey, 1982  (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 0-1
Just before the Houdini 6 M13 ply for mate, leave the b3 Pawn!
M Umansky vs M Blokh, 1983  (A72) Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O, 38 moves, 1-0
After 23...Qxc4, leave it En Prise-- go for mate!
Suba vs Ibanez, 1993  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 23 moves, 1-0
After 34...Qf7, do not capture the Bishop! 35. Qxf7# is better!
Huynh Mai Phuong Dung vs T Nguyen, 2005  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 34 moves, 1-0
26.Bxh1 Nh2+ 27.Ke1 Rg1# is better than 27. ... Nxf3.
G Milos vs P Carlsson, 2012  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
Mate by Three Knights is made w/o taking the last Black Pawn!
A Granovskiy vs U Grochocinska, 2013  (B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1-0
After 39. cxd6 Rxc7, not dxc7, but 40. e5#.
M Mosadeghpour vs V Sanal, 2015  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
After 70. g8=Q, not 70. ... RxQ, but Rh3# is far better!
I Miladinovic vs M Admiraal, 2017 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1
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