Bayer - Falkbeer, Vienna 1852
Anastasia's Mate

1...Ne2+ 2.Kh1 Qxh2+ 3.Kxh2 Rh4# 0-1

Vilde - Blackburne
Blackburne's Mate, 1875

1.Qh7+ Nxh7 2.Bxh7# 1-0

Macdonell - Boden
Boden's Mate, 1869

1...Qxc3+ 2.bxc3 Ba3# 0-1

Damiano's Mate

1.Rh8+
	[1.Rxf5 Rxf5
		(1...Qxg6 2.Rxf8#)
		(1...Ne3 2.Rh8+ Kxh8 3.Rh5+ Kg8 4.Rh8+ Kxh8 5.Qh1+ Kg8 6.Qh7#)
		(1...Qxg6 2.Qd5+ Rf7 3.Qd8+ Rf8 4.Qxf8# (4.Rxf8#))
	2.Rh8+ Kxh8 3.Qh1+ Kg8 4.Qh7#]
1...Kxh8 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.Qh1+ Kg8 5.Qh7# 1-0

Damiano's Bishop Mate

22.Qg5 g6
	[22...Qxg5 23.Rxe8#]
23.Qh6 gxf5 24.Rg4+ fxg4 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Bg6+ Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qxf7# 1-0

Platz - Rothman, New York 1945
Dovetail Mate

1.Nxf7+ Kf8
	[1...Kf6 2.Qxd6+ Kxf7
		(2...Qe6 3.Qxe6#)
	3.Rf1+ Kg7 4.Qf6#]
2.Qxd6+ Kxf7 3.Rf1+ Kg7 4.Qf6# 1-0

Federov - Lastin, Perm 1997
Epaulette Mate

1...Nf4 2.Bxf4 Qxf4 3.Qxe6# 1-0

Fool's Mate

1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4# 1-0

Greco's Mate
[Greco's Mate]

1...h6 2.Bxf7+ Kh8
	[2...Rxf7 3.Qxf7+ Kh8 4.Qf8#]
3.Qg6 hxg5 4.Qh5# 1-0

Macdonell - Boden
Gueridon's Mate, 1869

1...Qxc3+ 2.bxc3 Ba3# 0-1

Légal - St., Brie
Legal's Mate, 1750

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nxe5 Bxd1
	[5...Be6]
6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5# 1-0

Morphy's Mate

1.Qxf6 gxf6 2.Rg1+ Kh8 3.Bxf6# 0-1

Morphy's Concealed Mate

1.Rxg7+ Kh8 2.Rxf7+ Kg8 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Rg1+ Rf6 5.Bxf6# 0-1

Pillsbury's Mate

1.Rxg7+ Kh8 2.Rg8+ Kxg8 3.Rg1# 1-0

Réti - Tartakower, Vienna 1910
Reti's Mate
[10.Ke8 leads to Morphy's famous Opera Mate (covered in Tactics & Strategy section)]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.O-O-O Nxe4 9.Qd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7
	[10...Ke8 11.Rd8#]
11.Bd8# 1-0

Rook, Knight, and a pawn Mate

1.Rd8+ Kf7
	[1...Kh7 2.Rh8#]
2.Rf8# 1-0

Scholar's Mate

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qh5 Na6 4.Qxf7# 0-1

Lewis - B. Keen, 1817
Smothered Mate

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.h3 Nxe4 9.Re1 d5 10.Bxd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qd8 12.Rxe4+ Ne7 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Bg5 Qd6 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.d5 Rhd8 17.Ng5 c6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Qxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kf8 21.d6 Re8 22.Qf5+ Kg8 23.Ne4 Rf8 24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Ng5 Bxf2+ 26.Kh2 Rae8 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Qg8+ Rxg8 30.Nf7# 1-0

Suffocation Mate

1.Ne7#
	[1.Nxh6#]
1-0

P Keres - R Fischer
Swallow's Tail Mate (Bled ct), 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Be2 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.e5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxf6 15.Bxa8 d5 16.Bxd5 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 exd5 18.Nxd5 Qc5 19.Re1+ Kf8 20.c3 h5 21.f5 Rh6 22.f6 gxf6 23.Nf4 h4 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Ree8 Qg1+ 26.Kd2 Qf2+ 27.Ne2 Rg6 28.g3 f5 29.Rg8+ Kf6 30.Rxg6+ fxg6 31.gxh4 Qxh2 32.Rd4 Qh1 33.Kc2 Ke5 34.a4 Qf1 35.Nc1 Qg2+ 36.Kb3 bxa4+ 37.Ka3 Qc2 38.Nd3+ Kf6 39.Nc5 Qc1 40.Rxa4 Qe3 41.Nxa6 f4 42.Rd4 Kf5 43.Nb4 Qe7 44.Kb3 Qxh4 45.Nd3 g5 46.c4 Qg3 47.c5 f3 48.Kc4 f2 49.Nxf2 Qxf2 50.c6 Qxb2 51.Kc5 Qc3+ 52.Kd5 g4 53.Rc4 Qe5# 0-1