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Here is a famous game:
Fleissig-Schlechter, Vienna 1895
1 b4 e6 3 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 11 Qxh8+ Ke7 12 Qxc8 dxc3 (12...Nd7 13 Qc4 perhaps=)
13 Bc1 Nd7 14 Qxa8? (14 Qxb7+ +-) 14...Qxb5 15 Bf4 Qd5+ 16 Kc1 Be3+!
17 Bxe3 Nf2! 0-1
Here are a few, fun, short games involving the same two Rook sac, from one of my favorite books, Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess (with some of my own comments added):
Brock-Gustafson, Attleboro 1943
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nb4 4 Bd3 (4 e5) 4...Nf6 (4...exe5) 5
Bg5 dxe4 6 Bxe4 c5 7 Nf3 Qxd4 8 Nxd4 Qa5 (8...Bxc3+) 9 Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10
bxc3 Qxc3+ 11 Qd2 (11 Kf1 probably draws) 11...Qxa1+ 12 Ke2 Qxh1?
(12...Qb2 13 Nxe6 Qxf6 14 Nc7+ probable draw) 13 Nxe6 (13 Nc6 also
mates) 1-0 [Continue: 13...Nd7 14 Nxd7+ Kf8 15 Qd6+ (15 Ne6+ also mates)
15...Kg8 16 Nf8 h5 17 Qg3+ Kf8 18 Qg7+ Ke8 19 Nd6++ Chernev]
Bernstein-Tartakover, the Hague 1948 (friendly game)
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nf6 4 dxe5 Nxe4 5 Bc4 Be6 6 Bxe6 fxe6 7 Qe2 d5 8 Qb5+
Nc6 9 Nd4 Qd7 10 Qxb7 Bb4+ 11 c3 Nxd4 12 Qxa8+ Ke7? (12...Kf7 wins) 13
Qxh8 Qb4 0-1? [Continue 14 Qxg7+ Ke8 15 Kg8+ (15 Qg4 Qd3 -+ Chernev)
15...Kd7 16 Qf7+ Kc8 17 Qf3, and White has some survival chances]
Amateur-Blackburne, London 1880
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 Bxf7+? Kxf7 5 Nxe5+ Nxe5 6 Qh5+ g6?
(6...Ke6 7 f4 d6 or 7...Qf6 -+) 7 Qxe5 d6 8 Qxh8 Qh4 9 0-0 Nf6 10 c3??
(10 Qd8 Bb6 11 e5 +-) 10...Ng4 11 h3 Bxf2+ 12 Kh1 Bf5 13 Qxa8 Qxh3+ 14 gxh3
Bxe4++
Canal-Amateur, Simul., Budapest 1934
1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 c6 5 Nf3 Bg4 6 Bf4 e6 7 h3 Bxf3 8 Qxf3
Bb4 9 Be2 Nd7 10 a3 0-0-0? 11 axb4 Qxa1+ 12 Kd2 Qxh1? 13 Qxc6+ bxc6 14
Ba6++
Amateur-Henacker, Nuremberg 1934
1 f4 e5 2 fxe5 d6 3 exd6 Bxd6 4 Nf5 g5 5 d4 g4 6 Ne5 Nc6 (6...Bxe5
book) 7 Nxc5 bxc6 8 Be3 Qe7 9 Qd3 Ba6? 10 Qxa6 Qxe3 11 Qxc6+ Ke7 12 Qxa8?
Nf6 13 Qxh8 Qc1+ 14 Kf2 Ne4+ 15 Kg1 Qe3++
Rodzynski-Alekhine, Paris 1913
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 d6 4 c3 Bg4 5 Qb3 Qd7?! (9...Na5 ok?) 6
Ng5 (6 Bxf7+ Qxf7 7 Qxb7 ok?) 6...Nh6 7 Bxf7+ Nxf7 8 Nxf7 Qxf7 9 Qxb7
Kd7 10 Qxa8 Qc4 11 f3 Bxf3! 12 gxf3 Nd4! 13 d3?? (13 cxd4=) 13...Qxd3 14
cxd4 Be7 15 Qxh8 Bh4++
Craddock-Mieses, London 1939
1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 Nf6 4 Bg2 Bb4 5 e3 d6 6 Nge2 Bg4 7 Qb3 Rb8 8 Nd5 Bc5
9 Nxf6+ Qxf6! 10 Bxc6 bxc6 11 Qxb8? Ke7?? (11...Kd7 -+) 12 Qxh8??
(12 Qxc7+ +-) 12...Qf3 13 Kd1 [13 Kf1 Qxe2+ 14 Kg1 (14 Kg2 Qf3+ 15 Kg1
Bh3 -+) 14...Bh3 -+ Chernev] 13...Qxe2+ 14 Kc2 Qxc4+ 15 Kb1 Qd3++
Amateur-Tarrasch, Munich 1932
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 5 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Bc5 6 Nxe5 Nxe4 7 Nxc6 dxc6 8 Qf3
Qb4 9 Nc3 Nxc3 10 Bxc6 bxc6 11 Qxc6+ Bd7 12 Qxa8+ Ke8 13 Qxh8? (13 Qf3 or
13 Qxa6 may win) 13...Ne2+ 14 Kh1 Bxf2 15 h3 Qxh3+ 16 gxh3 Bc6+ 17 Kh2
Bg3++
Fox-Hodges, New York 1937 (Remove White's N on b1)
1 e4 d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 e5 Nfd7 4 e6 fxe6 5 Bd3 Nf6 6 Nf3 Qd6 7 Ne5 Nbd7 8 Bf4
Qb4+ 9 c3 Qxb2 10 Qc2 Qxa1+? (10...Nxe5 -+) 11 Ke2 Qxh1? (11...Nxe5)
12 Bg6 hxg6 (12...Kd8 13 Nf7+ Ke8 14 Ng5+ Kd8 15 Nxe6++) 13 Qxg6+ Kd8
14 Nf7+ Ke8 15 Nd6+ (15 Ng5+ is faster) 15...Kd8 16 Qe8+ Nxe8 17
Nf7++
Alekhine-Levenfish, St. Petersburg 1912
1 d4 c5 2 d5 Nf6 3 Nc3 d6 4 e4 g6 5 f4 Nbd7 6 Nf3 a6 7 e5 dxe5 8 fxe5 Ng4 9
e6 Nde5 10 Bf4 Nxf3+ 11 gxf3 Nf6 12 Bc4 fxe6 13 dxe6 Bb6 14 Qe2! Qxb2 15 Nb5
Qxa1+ 16 Kf2 Qxh1 17 Nc7+ Kd8 18 Qd2+ Bd7 (18...Nd7 19 exd7 Bxd7 18 Be6 +-
Chernev) 19 exd7 1-0 [19...e5 (19...Nxd7 20 Be6 +-) 20 Ne6+ Ke7 21 d8Q+
Rxd8 22 Qxd8+ Kf7 23 Nxf8+ Kg7 24 Qe7++ Chernev]
Carreras-Battle, Barcelona 1898
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 f4 Bb4 4 Bc4 Bxc3 5 bxc3 d5 6 exd5 Nxd5 7 Qf3 Nf4 8 Ba3
Nxg2+ 9 Qxg2 Qh4 10 Qg3 Qxc4 11 Qxg7 Qe4+ 12 Kf2 Qxh1 13 Nf3 (13 Qxh8 also
wins) 13...Qxa1 14 Qxh8+ (14 Qxe5+ is faster) 14...Kd7 15 Nxe5+ Ke6
16 Qe8+ Kd5 17 Qxf7+ Be6 18 Qf3+ Ke5 19 d4++
Labone-Amateur, Birmingham 1901
1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 d4 e5 4 Nf3 exd4 5 Nxd4 c5 6 Qe2+ Be7 7 Nb5 Na6 8 N1c3
Qe6 9 Be3 Nf6 10 Qf3 0-0 11 Bd3 c4 12 Nd4 (12 Be2=) 12...Qb6 13 Nf5?
(13 Ndb5=) 13...Qxb2 (13...Bc4 -+) 14 Nxe7+ Kh8 15 Bd4 cxd3?
(15...Qxa1+ 16 Kd2 Qxh1 17 Qxf6 Qxg2 -+) 16 Qxf6! Rg8 17 Qxf7 Bc6 18 Qxe6
Qxa1+ 19 Kd2 Qxh1 20 Ng6+ 1-0 (20...hxg6 21 Qh3++ Chernev)
Euwe-Reti, Amsterdam 1920
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4 6 Re1 d5 7 Bxd5 Qxd5 8 Nc3
Qa5 9 Nxd4 Nxd4 10 Qxd4 f5 11 Bg5 Qc5 12 Qd8+ Kf7 13 Nxe4 fxe4 14 Rad1 Bd6 15
Qxh8 Qxg5 16 f4 Qh4 17 Rxe4 Bh3 18 Qxa8 Bc5+ 19 Kh1 Bxg2+ 20 Kxg2 Qg4+ 0-1
Samish (blindfolded)-Amateur, Aachen 1934
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 Bd2 cxd4 6 Nb5 Bc5 7 b4 Bb6 8 Qg4 Kf8 9
Nf3 Nc6 10 Qf4 f6 11 exf6 Qxf6 12 Nc7 Bxc6 13 Qxc6 h6 14 b5 d3 15 Bxd3 Qxa1+ 16
Ke2 Qf6? [16...Qxh1? (16...Nd4+ =) 17 bxc6 Ne7 18 Ne5++] 17 bxc6
Qe7 18 Bb4 Qxb4 19 Qd8+ Kf7 20 Ne5++
Torre-E.Z.Adams, New Orleans 1920
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 dxe4 5 Nxe4 Be7 6 Bxf6 Bxf6 7 Nf3 c6 8 c3
Qc7 9 Bd3 Nd7 10 Qe2 b6 11 g4 c5 12 dxc5 Nxc5 13 Nxc5 Qxc5 14 g5 Bc3+ 15 bxc3
Qxc3+ 16 Qd2 Qxa1+ 17 Ke2 Qxh1 18 Bb5 Bd7 19 Qxd7 Kf8 20 g6! hxg6 21 Ng5
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