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[Event "The Immortal Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen"]
[Black "Kieseritzky"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3
Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5
14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6 {Now if
18...QxR+ 19.Ke2, QxR 20.Nxp+ Kd8 21.Bc7# 18...BxB 19.NxB+ Kd8
20.Nxp+ Ke8 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22.Qf8#} Bxg1 19.e5 Qxa1+ 20.Ke2 Na6
21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7+ 1-0
[Event "The Evergreen Game"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1852.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen"]
[Black "Dufresne"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O
d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 {Now if 9...Nxp 10. Re1 d6 11.Qb5+ wins a
piece} Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 {Now if
13...O-O 14 BxN NxB 15 QxB wins a piece} Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4
Qf5 16.Bxd3 {Threat is 17 Nd6+ winning the Q} Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6
18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+
{Now if 22...Kc6 23. Bd7#} Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kd8 24.Bxe7+ 1-0
[Event "Morphy game"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy"]
[Black "Brunswick and Isouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Qb3 {Threat is 8.Bxp+ Kd7 9.Qe6#} Qe7 {Morphy avoids the
boring 8.Qxb Qb4+ forcing a Q exchange} 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5
10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O {If 12...O-O-O 13. Ba6+ Kc7
14.Qb7#.} Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 {Unpinning the N} 15.Bxd7+
Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# 1-0
[Event "Morphy Game"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marache"]
[Black "Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 d5
8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Ba3
Qg6 14.Bxf8 Qxg5 15.Ba3 dxc3 16.Bc1 Qg6 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Qc2 Ncd4
19. Qe4 Ng3 {A famous move.
If 20. QxQ then 20...Nde2#.
If white tries to save his Q with 20. Qe1 Nde2 wins the Q (and
then the B)} 0-1
[Event "Morphy Game"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen"]
[Black "Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nxe5 {Now if
6...NxN 7. d4 regains the piece} Re8 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Be2
Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Rxe4 11.Bf3 Re6 12.c3 Qd3 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 {Now
black must stop the threat 15. a5 Black won't play 14....a6
because 15 pxp Qxb (of course if either pawn takes the QR falls)
16 d4 and Black's plans are ruined} bxa4 15.Qxa4 Bd7 16.Ra2 Rae8
{Threat:QxR+} 17.Qa6 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rg6+ 19.Kh1 Bh3 {Now if 20. d4
Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxp# or if 20. Rg1 Bg2+ 21. RxB Re1+ and mate
follows in 2.} 20.Rd1 Bg2+ 21.Kg1 Bxf3+ 22.Kf1 Bg2+ {Also
winning is 22...Rg2 with a view to Rxp and Rh8#} 23.Kg1 Bh3+
24.Kh1 Bxf2 25.Qf1 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Re2 27.Ra1 Rh6 28.d4 Be3
{Resigns in the face of 29.Bxe3 Rhxh2+ 30.Kg1 Reg2#} 0-1
[Event "The Pipe Game"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall"]
[Black "A Burns"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2
Bg7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qxg6 Nd7 16.Ng5 {Threat is 17.Qf7#} Qf6
{Expecting 17. Qh7+ Kf8 and the king runs away} 17.Rh8+ {Forced:
17...KxR 18.Qh7#
Burns, who liked to smoke a pipe and contemplate his moves was
finsished with his pipe unlit in his mouth. Hence the moniker
"pipe game"} 1-0
[Event "The Gold Pieces Game"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levitzky"]
[Black "Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.dxc5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg4 Qd6
13.Bh3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3
18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Re8f8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3 {If
23.pxR Ng3+ forks king and Q} 23.Rc5 {Black's brilliant next
move is one of the most famous single moves in chess. When he
made this move he was showered by gold pieces from the
spectators.} Qg3 { If 24 fxg3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf1 with a bank rank
mate.
If 24 hxg3 Ne2#
If 24.Qxg3 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxg3+ 26.Kg1 Nxf1 leads to an easy win}
0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacDonnel"]
[Black "Labourdonnais"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3 6.O-O c6 7.Qxf3
Qf6 8.e5 Qxe5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 {White gives up two pieces in 9 moves
and mates in 9 more} 10.d4 Qxd4+ 11.Be3 {Now if 11...QxB+ 12.QxQ
and the f pawn is pinned} Qg7 12.Bxf4 Nf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg5 Rg8
15.Qh5+ {If 15...Kf8 16.Bh6 pins the Q or If 15...Ke6 16.NxN QxB
17. Rae1+ Kd6 18.Ne4+ wins the Q. If 15...Ke6 16.NxN BxN 17.
RxB+ QxR 18. BxQ KxB 19. Rf1+ wins.} Qg6 16.Nd6+ {If 16. ...Kg7
17.Bh6+ Kh8 (17. ...QxB 18. Nf5+) 18. Nf7+ wins Q. If 16...BxN
17. RxN+ Kg7 18. RxQ+ pxR 19. Qh6+ Kf7 20. Qh7+ then wins the
rook} Ke6 17.Rae1+ Kxd6 18.Bf4+ 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Tarrasch"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O
8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nh4 g6 13.Nh4f3
Rad8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bb5 Ne4 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Qc2 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 d4
19.exd4 Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qh4+ 21.Kg1 Bxg2 {Now if 22.KxB Qg4+
followed by ...Rd5 and Rh5#} 22.f3 Rfe8 {If black plays
22...Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh2 24. Ke1 and the king slips away and if
22...Qg3 23. Ne4} 23.Ne4 Qh1+ 24.Kf2 Bxf1 25.d5 {If 25. RxB Qh2+
wins the Q and if 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. NxR Qg2+ etc.} f5 26.Qc3
Qg2+ 27.Ke3 Rxe4+ 28.fxe4 f4+ 29.Kxf4 Rf8+ 30.Ke5 Qh2+ 31.Ke6
Re8+ 32.Kd7 Bb5+ 0-1.
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fleissig"]
[Black "Schlechter"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 c5 4.b5 d5 5.d4 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4
8.Qxd4 Bc5 9.Qxg7 Bxf2+ 10.Kd1 d4 {The N must guard against
11...Qe8#} 11.Qxh8+ Ke7 12.Qxc8 dxc3 13.Bc1 Nd7 {Beware of chess
players bearing gifts!} 14.Qxa8 Qxb5 15.Bf4 Qd5+ 16.Kc1 Be3+
17.Bxe3 Nf2 {Now mate is forced by 18.Bxf2 Qd2+ 19.Kb1 Qd1+
20.Ka2 Qxc2#} 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gonzalez"]
[Black "Perrine"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e4 e5
8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxe4 {If 12 QxNe4 Bf5 13 Qe3
and the knight fork at c2 wins the Q} 12.Nxd4 exd4 {Now if QxNe4
then Re8 pins Q on the King} 13.Qxd4 Re8 14.O-O-O Nxc3 15.bxc3
Ba3+ {Now if 16 Kb1 Bf5+ 17 Ka1 (or 17 Bd3 Bc5 and Q is caught)
Bc2 and the rook must not move since 18.Rd2 Re1+ wins a Q}
16.Kc2 Bf5+ 17.Kb3 c5 18.Qd2 Qa5 19.Bd3 b5 {Threatening mate}
20.cxb5 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 c4+ {Now if 22 Kxp Qa4#} 22.Qxc4 Rac8
23.Qd3 Re4 {Again threatening mate at a4. If 24 QxR Rxc3#}
24.Kc2 Re4c4 {Resigns in face of continuations like 25 Qe2 Qxc3+
26 Kb1 Rb4+ 27 Qb2 Qxb2#} 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charvat"]
[Black "Hakl"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 b6 7.Qc2 Bb7
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.h4 f6 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Qg6 Bxf3 13.gxf3
fxg5 14.hxg5 Bxg5 15.Qxe6 Bh6 16.Rxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Qd7 18.Bc2+
Kg8 19.Bb3+ Rf7 20.Ke2 {Rg1 finishes it} 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Philidelphia"]
[Date "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Am."]
[Black "Derrickson"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.O-O Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.h3 h5
8.hxg4 hxg4 9.Nh2 g3 10.Nf3 Ng4 11.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 12.Rxf2 gxf2+
13.Kf1 Rh1+ 14.Ke2 Rxd1 15.Nfd2 {To stop the pawn} Nd4+ 16.Kxd1
Ne3+ 17.Kc1 Ne2+ 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Scheve"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.d4 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qb6 9.O-O {If 9...Nxp 10.Qf4 Ne6 11. Qa4+ Qc6 12.
Bb5 wins the Q} Qxb2 10.Nd2 Nxd4 11.Qf4 Ne6 12.Qa4+ Nd7 13.Rab1
Qc3 14.Rxb7 Nc7 15.Bd4 Qxd2 16.Rxc7 Rd8 17.Qxd7+ Rxd7 18.Rc8+
Rd8 19.Bb5+ 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotlevi"]
[Black "Rubinstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 a6
8.b4 Bd6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Rd8
14.Qe2 Bb7 15.O-O Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 {threatening a p win by
17...Bxp+ 18. KxB Qd6+ followed by QxB} 17.f4 Bc7 18.e4 Rac8
19.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Be4 Qh4 22.g3 {With 22 h3 come
continuations like 22...RxN 23. BxR BxB 24. QxN QxQ 25. pxQ Rd3
(threats Rh3# and RxB) 26. Kh2 RxB and black wins} Rxc3 {Now if
23. BxR BxB+ leads to Qxp#} 23.gxh4 Rd2 24.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25.Qg2 Rh3
{White resigns as mate at h2 is unstoppable eg. 26.Rf3 Bxf3
27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Qxf3 Rxh2#} 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoffner"]
[Black "Gannholm"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.c3 Bd6 7.Qc2 c5
8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.e4 cxd4 11.cxd4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Rc8 13.Nxf6+
gxf6 14.Bd2 Rg8 15.Bb5 Ke7 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Rxe6+ {Now if 17...pxR
18.Qxp+ Kf8 19.Bh6+ and the king must abandon the rook} Kxe6
18.d5+ Ke7 {If 18...Kxd5 19.Qc4#} 19.dxc6 Ba8 20.Qe4+ {If
20...Be5 21.Bb4+ Kd8 22 Qd5+ etc.} Kd8 21.Qf5 Rc7 22.Qxf6+ Re7
23.c7+ Bxc7 24.Bb4 {Resigns in face of continuations like
24...Bd6 25.Bxd6 Qb7 26.Bxe7+ Qxe7 27.Qd4+ Bd5 28.Qxd5+ Qd6
29.Qxd6#} 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Tulsk"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev"]
[Black "Gonak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 e6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.f4 Bb4
8.Bxc4 Ne4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rb1 Nf6 12.f5 {Now if
12...pxp 13.Bxp+ Kf8 14.Ba3+} Nd5 13.fxe6 Bxe6 14.Rxb7 O-O
15.Qb3 Qc8 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Nxf7 Nxe3 18.Bxe6 {Now if 18...RxB
19.Nd6 drives away the Q leaving the rook unguarded} Qxe6
19.Nh6+ {If 19...pxN 20.Rf8+ RxR and the Q falls with check} Kh8
20.Rf8+ Rxf8 {Now if white takes the Q its Rf1#} 21.Bxf8 {Now if
*black* takes QxQ its Bxp#} Rxf8 22.Nf7+ {Black resigns since
22...Kg8 and the rook is cut off so white if free to take the
queen. if 22...RxN 23.Rb8+ leads to mate} 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal (simul)"]
[Black "Miller"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Bxf7+ {A
"temporary sacrafice"} Kxf7 7.Qd5+ Be6 8.Qxe4 Be7 9.O-O d5
10.Qd3 Qd7 11.Re1 Raf8 12.Nc3 Ke8 13.Ng5 Bc5 14.Nxe6 Bxf2+
15.Kh1 Bxe1 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.Bg5 Nb4 18.Qe2 Nxc2 {19.Qxc2 gives
19...Rf1#} 19.e6 Qd6 20.Nb5 Qe5 {Surely Black has the upperhand?
The Q, R & B are threatened and 21.Qxe5 gives 21...Rf1#} 21.h4
{The power of a pawn. 21...Qxe2 and 21..Qxb2 give 22.Nxc7#} Qg3
{Threats ...Nxa1 and ...Rf2} 22.Rd1 {Now if 22....c6 23. Rd3 Qb8
24. Rf3 cxb5 25. Qxb5+} Rf2 {Threat: ...Qxg2#} 23.Qxf2 {If 23.
...Qxf2 24. Nxc7+ Kf8 25. e7+ Kg8 26. e8=Q+ wins easily} Bxf2
24.Rxd5 Qxh4+ {Had to stop the mate by the R at d8} 25.Bxh4 Bxh4
{Black is finished but plays on.} 26.Nxc7+ Kf8 27.Rf5+ Bf6
28.Rd5 a6 29.Rd7 Nb4 30.Rf7+ Kg8 31.Rxf6 {31...gxf6 32. e7
becomes a Q} Nc6 32.Rf7 g6 33.e7 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Young"]
[Black "Dore"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nxe4 6.O-O Nd6
7.Nxc3 Nxc4 8.Re1+ Be7 9.Nd5 Nc6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Rc1 b5 12.Rxc4
bxc4 13.Ne5 fxg5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Nf6+ Bxf6 16.Nxg6+ {Obviously
16...Be7 17.NxR+ Kf8 18.Qf7#} Qe7 17.Rxe7+ Bxe7 18.Ne5+ Kd8
19.Nf7+ Ke8 20.Nd6+ Kd8 21.Qe8+ Rxe8 22.Nf7+ 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Brooklyn"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stuppler"]
[Black "Farkas"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7.
exd4 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. d5 Ne5 10. d6 Bf8 11. Nb5 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1865.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rev. G.A. MacDonnell"]
[Black "Boden"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1
{Threatening 8. Qb3 or 8.Bxp+ KxB 9.Qb3+ follow by QxB} Ba5
8.Qh5 d5 {The only way to save the a5 Bish and prevent the f7
mate} 9.Bxd5 Qe7 10.Ba3 Nf6 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7 12.Qxa5 Nc6 13.Qa4
Nxe4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Nxd2+ 16.Nxd2 O-O-O {With the threat
17...Nxp 18 Qxp Bb5+ (if 18 QxN its 18...Bb5+ wins Q) 19 Ke1
Qe8+ (if 19 Kg1 Ne2+) 20 Kd1 Ba4+ 21 Kc1 Ne2+ 22 Kb1 Qg6+ forces
mate} 17.Rb1 Qd5 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Rd1 Rhe8 20.Bc5 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bh3+
22.Kg1 Re6 {Threating mate at g6} 23.Qc2 {Guarding the "death
ground" at g6} Rxd4 {Now if 24 RxR Re1# or 24 Rb1 Ne5 25 Rb3
Rd1+ 26 QxR Rg6# afterall} 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 {Now white resigns. Too
many mates and not enough pieces to guard all three g6,f3 and
e1: 25 RxN Re1# Or 25.Qd3 Rg6+ 26.Qxg6 Nxf3#} 0-1
[Event "QR odds game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7
7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nd4 9.Bxd5+ Kd6 10.Qf7 {Threat: 11.Ne4#} Be6
11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Ne4+ Kd5 13.c4+ Kxe4 14.Qxe6 Qd4 15.Qg4+ Kd3
16.Qe2+ Kc2 17.d3+ {With the QR this is mate. Since Morphy gave
QR odds the actual continuation was:
17...KxB 18.0-0 mate!
Not every day "castles, king rook" results in a mate.} 1-0.
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Corr."]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schaefer"]
[Black "Breuer"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxc5 9. Nde4 b6 10. e3 f5 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12.
Be2 Rb8 13. Qc2 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Qh4 16. b3 Rf6 17. g3
Nd4 18. exd4 Bxf3 {If 19. pxQ Rg6#} 19. Qd3 Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rh6+
21. Kg1 Rh1+ 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "New Zealand"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balk"]
[Black "Barnes"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6
bxc6 8.Ba4 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ng1 Bd6 11.d3 O-O 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.Be3
Ba6 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Nb1d2 Rfe8 16.c3 Nxc3 {Resigns in the face of
17. pxN RxB+ 18. pxR Bg6+ pxB Qxg6#} 0-1.
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Tarnopol"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Feldt"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Ne4 f5 6.Ng5 Be7 7.Ng5f3
c6 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Ng1f3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Re8 12.c4 Nf6 13.Bf4
Nbd7 14.Qe2 c5 15.Nf7 {Now if 15...Q-c1 16.Qxp threatens mate by
17. Nh6+ Kh8 18.Qg8+ RxQ 19. Nf7#} Kxf7 16.Qxe6+ {16...KxQ
17.Ng5+# and 16.Kf8 17.Ng5 wins} Kg6 17.g4 {Resigns in the face
of 18.Bxp mate and if 17...Be5 18. Nh4#} 1-0
[Event "QR Odds"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kashdan"]
[Black "Horneman"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Qh3 Be7 7.Bd3 b6
8.Qg3 Nf5 9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Nxd4 Ba6 12.Nxf5 Nd7 13.Bg5
{If 13...BxB a perpetual check: 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15.Nf5+ Ke8 (if
15...Ke6 16. Nd4+ Ke7 17.Nc6+ wins Q) 16.Nd6+ etc.} f6 14.e6
fxg5 15.Qg6+ hxg6 16.Ng7# 1-0.
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Potemkin" ]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Na3 d5 7.exd5
Nxd5 8.Nc2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.f3 Bf5 {Threaten a p win
by 12...BxN 13.QxB Nxp} 12.Ne3 Qa5+ {If 13. Bd2 or 13. Qd2 then
13...NxN wins a piece} 13.Kf2 Nd5b4 {Now 14...Bd3 followed by
15...BxN to win Queen p} 14.Nxf5 Qxf5 15.g4 Nd3+ 16.Kg3 Nxd4 {If
17. NxN Qe5+ nets the N with a p to boot} 17.gxf5 {Never do this
if you're playing Alekhine} Nxf5+ 18.Kg4 h5+ 19.Kh3 Nf2# 0-1
[Event "QR Odds Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz"]
[Black "Rock"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Ba3 Bb6 9.Qb3 d5 10.exd5 Na5 11.Re1+ Be6 12.dxe6 Nxb3
13.exf7+ Kd7 14.Be6+ Kc6 15.Ne5+ Kb5 16.Bc4+ Ka5 17.Bb4+ Ka4
18.axb3# {This was mate even without the queen rook!} 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Duisberg"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blumich"]
[Black "Ahues"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 Qb6
8.O-O cxd4 9.Bb2 Bc5 10.Na3 Bf5 11.Nc2 Bxc2 12.Qxc2 O-O 13.a3 a5
14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Rd3 Rac8 16.Rc1 Ne4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxd4
19.Qxc8 Nxe2+ {If 20. Kf1 then the Q mates. If 20.Kh1 Nxf2#} 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lexandrowitsch"]
[Black "Witulski"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nb5 Nxe4 7.Qd4
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.Ba3 Nc6 10.Qf4 {Threatening 11. Nd6+ and then
a discovered winning the Q} e5 11.Nd6+ Kf8 {Also could come out
11...Ke7 12.Nf5+ Ke6 13. Nxp+ Kd5 14.c4#} 12.Qc4 Qe7 {Guarding
Qxp#} 13.Nb5 1-0
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nietsche"]
[Black "Faktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nf3 Qh5 6.h4 d5 7.Bxd5
Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 Ba6+ 11.Kg1 g4 12.Ne5 Qxe5
13.dxe5 Bc5+ {Resigns in the face of 14.Kh2 g3+ 15. Kh3 Bc8+
16.Qg4 BxQ#} 0-1
[Event "Short Game"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hayden"]
[Black "Am."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 dxe4 9.Ba3 b6 10.f3 Nd5 11.fxe4 Ne3 12.Bb5+ Bd7
13.Nxe6 {Threatening 14. Nxp#} fxe6 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qxh7 {Resigns
in the face of 16.Qf7# and 16. Qxp# and 16. QxR# while capturing
Q gives 16.Rf8#} 1-0