[Event "Short Game 1"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1902"]
[White "Hamlisch"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kf6
{If 6...Kf8 7. Ne6+ wins the Q and if
6...Ke1 then 7.Ne6+ is a smother on the Q. Either one beats the text move}
7. Qf3# 1-0

[Event "Short Game 2"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1914"]
[White "Kraus"]
[Black "Costin"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Qa5+
3. Nc3 Qxc5 4. e4 e5
5. Nf3 d6 6. Nd5 Ne7
7. b4 { Now when 7...Qc6 8. Bb5 Qxb5 9. Nc7+ winning the Q}
1-0

[Event "Short Game 3"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1891"]
[White "Blake"]
[Black "Hooke"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd7 7. Ng5 Nc6
{White announces mate in 5}
8. Bf7+ Ke7 9. Qxf6+ Kxf6
{Of course, if 9...Pxf6 then 10. Nd5#}
10. Nd5+ Ke5 11. Nf3+ Kxe4 12. Nc3# 1-0

[Event "Short Game 4"]
[Site "Strassburg"]
[Date "1880"]
[White "Am."]
[Black "Goetz"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
3. b3 Qh4+ 4. g3 fxg3
5. h3 g2+ 6. Ke2 Qxe4+
7. Kf2 gxh1=N# 0-1

[Event "Short Game 5"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1932"]
[White "Damant"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. e6 fxe6 6. Qh5+ g6
7. Qxg6+ hxg6 8. Bxg6# 1-0

[Event "Short Game 6"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1903"]
[White "Am."]
[Black "Leonhardt"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6
4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Bb4+
7. c3 Bc5 8. Qg3 Bxf2+
{If. 9. QxB Nd4+ is royal fork but
also if 9. KxB Nxe4+ is also a royal fork} 0-1

[Event "Short Game 7"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1619 !!!!"]
[White "Greco"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7
3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2
5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Nf6
7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "Short Game 8"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1949"]
[White "Barnett"]
[Black "Eastwood"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Qf6
4. Qe3 Nh6 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. Nd5 Qc6
7. Qf4 d6 8. Bb5
{if 8...QxB then 9.Nxc+ wins the Q}
1-0

[Event "Short Game 9"]
[Site "Czernowitz"]
[Date "1930"]
[White "Silbermann"]
[Black "Honich"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6
3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+
5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Bc3 Bb4
7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Short Game 10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1890"]
[White "Steinitz"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Bd7
4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Qxb7 Bc6
7. Qc8+ Qd8 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qe6#
1-0

[Event "Short Game 11"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1900"]
[White "Manko"]
[Black "Jankowitz"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Bc5
3. f4 Qf6 4. c3 Nc6
5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 Ng4
7. Rf1 Nxh2 8. fxe5 Qxf1+
9. Bxf1 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "Short Game 12"]
[Site "Buxton"]
[Date "1950"]
[White "Veitch"]
[Black "Penrose"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4
5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ 9. Ke1 Ne3
{Now the queens only "safe" move leads to 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qa3/Qb4 Nc2+ wins}
0-1

[Event "Short Game 13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1935"]
[White "Miller"]
[Black "Chernev"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf5 d5
7. exd5 Ne5 8. Nxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxf6 Nf3# 0-1 


[Event "Short Game 14"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1928"]
[White "Walkerling"]
[Black "Hanssen"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5
7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Qa5 9. axb4 Qxa1
10. Nb3
{And the Q is trapped}
1-0

[Event "Short Game 15"]
[Site "New Haven"]
[Date "1942"]
[White "Blackall"]
[Black "Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Neg5 Ngf6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8
{Any other King move loses to Nxe6 winning Q} 10. Nxe6
{Black resigns in the face of 10...Qe8 11. Bc4 Qf7 12. Qe2 Qg6 13. Nf4+}
1-0

[Event "Short Game 16"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1883"]
[White "Perrin"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bd3 fxe5
7. Ng5 e4 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. Nxd5 Qd6
10. Bf4 Qc6
{If the Q takes either N she gets forked} 11. Bb5
{Now she must take one of the three pieces and fall to Nxc7+ and a fork}
1-0

[Event "Short Game 17"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1905"]
[White "Am."]
[Black "Bier"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6
4. Nf3 g5 5. e4 g4 6. e5 gxf3
7. exd6 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Kf2 Qd4+
{If 10. Kxp then B-g4+ wins Q}
10. Ke1 f2+
11. Ke2 Bg4# 0-1


[Event "Short Game 18"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1932"]
[White "Berstein (simul.)"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6
4. O-O Nge7 5. Ng5 f6 6. Bf7+ Kd7
7. Qg4+ f5 8. exf5 h5 9. f6+ hxg4
10. Be6+ Ke8 11. f7# 1-0

[Event "Short Game 19"]
[Site "Budpest"]
[Date "1948"]
[White "Nagy"]
[Black "Balogh"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 e5
4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bf4 Ng6
7. Bg3 Qa5 8. Qd5 b3+ 9. Qxa5 b2
10. Qc3 Bb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4
{White resigns since his rook is lost}
0-1

[Event "Short Game 20"]
[Site "U.S.S.R."]
[Date "1939"]
[White "Rudnev"]
[Black "Kopylov"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5
4. e4 Nb4 5. Qa4+ Nb8c6 6. d4 Bd7
7. Bb5 Nxd4 8. Kf1 Nxb5 9. Qxb4 e5
10. Qc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 a6 12. a4 Bb5
{White resigns because 13. axb5 Qd1#}
0-1