Checkmates in the opening

In chess, checkmates in the opening are examples of a player being checkmated during the first few moves of the game (i.e. in the opening). Some common or notable mating patterns have names of their own. These include Fool's mate, Scholar's mate, and Légal's mate.
Quick checkmates
Some opening traps involve an early checkmate. These include:
Alekhine's Defense
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Qxg4 Qd7 9.e6 h5 10.Qf5 Qe8 11.Qf7+! Qxf7 12.exf7# Ament-N.N., Sneek 1922
Benoni Defense
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.Nc3 exd5 4.Nxd5 Ne7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Nf5?? 8.Qa4!! Qxa4 9.Nc7# 1-0 Yermolinsky-Tate, Reno 2001
Bird's Opening
(From Gambit): 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 (4.b3?? Qh4+ 5.g3 Qxg3+! 6.hxg3 Bxg3# Pantelidakis-Rhine, Chicago 1974) 4...g5 5.h3?? Bg3# Napetschnig-Rhine, Chicago 1977
Bishop’s Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b5 4.Bxb5 Bc5 5.d3 c6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Qe2 d5 8.exd5 0-0 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Bxf2+ 11.Qxf2 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxc4 13.Qf3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qb3?? Qf1+!! 16.Kxf1 Bd3++ 17.Ke1 Rf1# Schulten-Horwitz, London 1846
Blackburne Shilling Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?! 4.Nxe5!? Qg5! 5.Nxf7?? Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3#! Muhlock-, Cologne, 1912
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 6.Be3 Qe5 7.0-0-0 c6 8.h3 Be6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Nge2 0-0-0 11.Bf4 Qh5?? 12.Qxc6+! bxc6 13.Ba6# Diemer-Portz, Lindau 1948
Borg Defense
* 1.e4 g5 2.Nc3 f5?? 3.Qh5# Mayfield-Trinks, 60th US Open 1959
* 1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.h4 gxh4 4.Rxh4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qf6 7.e5 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Be3 d5 10.exd6 Qf6 11.Re4+ Be6 12.0-0-0 Bg7 13.d7+ Kd8 14.Qb6+! axb6 15.Bxb6+ Ke7 16.d8=Q# Alexopoulos-Giannopoulos, Athens 1969
Budapest Gambit
* 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5! 8.axb4?? (8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Qxe5 10.axb4 is better) 8...Nd3#!
* 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Bg5? Ne4! 5.Bxd8?? Bxf2# Arnold-Hanauer, Philadelphia 1936
Caro-Kann Defence
* 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 Ngf6?? 6.Nd6#! Alekhine-Four Amateurs, simultaneous exhibition, Palma de Mallorca 1935
* (from above) 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Nbd7!? 11.b4 b6 12.Nd4! bxc5?? 13.Nc6! Qc7 14.Qxe6+! (1-0 Perenyi-Eperjesi, Budapest 1974) 14...fxe6 15.Bg6#
* 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Ne5 Bh7 8.Qh5! g6 9.Bc4! e6 (9...gxh5?? 10.Bxf7#) 10.Qe2 Nf6?? 11.Nxf7! Kxf7 12.Qxe6+ (1-0 Alekhine-Bruce, Plymouth 1938) 12...Kg7 13.Qf7#
* 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.0-0-0! Nxe4?? 9.Qd8+!! Kxd8 10. Bg5++ (Réti-Tartakower, Vienna 1910) 10...Ke8 11.Rd8# or 10...Kc7 11.Bd8#
Colle System
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.c4 0-0 8.b3 d5 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.a3 cxd4 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.exd4 Nxd4 13.Qb1 Rfd8 14.Ne1 Qh5 15.Bb2 Bd6 16.g3 Ng4! 17.h4 Qxh4! (0-1 Flohr-Pitschak, Bilin 1930) 18.gxh4 Bh2#
Damiano Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6? 3.Nxe5! fxe5? 4.Qh5+ Ke7 (4...g6 5.Qxe5+) 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.f4 h6 9.f5+ Kh7 10.Bf7 Ne7 11.Qg3 Nbc6?? 12.Qg6+! Nxg6 13.fxg6# Damiano-N.N., Rome 1512
Dutch Defence
* 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 f4 5.e3 h5 (5...fxg3?? 6.Qh5#) 6.Bd3!? Rh6?? (6...Bg7! was better) 7.Qxh5+! Rxh5 8.Bg6# Teed-Delmar, New York 1896
* 1.d4 f5 2.h3 Nf6 3.g4 fxg4 4.hxg4 Nxg4 5.Qd3 Nf6?? 6.Rxh7! (1-0 Johansson-Hernback, Sweden 1997) 6...Nxh7 or 6...Rxh7 7.Qg6#
Englund Gambit
* 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Bf4 Qb4+ 5.Bd2 Qxb2 6.Bc3 Bb4! 7.Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 (8.Nxc3 Qxa1+) 8...Qc1# Silbermann-Honich, Czernowitz 1930
* 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bg5 0-0 6.Qf3 Be5 7.c3 Qd6 8.Bc4 Rd8 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.Qe3?? Qd1+! 11.Bxd1 Rxd1# Krejcik-Thirring, Vienna 1898
Four Knights Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.e5 Ng4 10.f4? Qh4! 11.h3 (11.Re1 Qxh2+ 12.Kf1 Qh1+ 13.Ke2 Qxg2#) 11...Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Qg3! 13.hxg4 Qh4# N.N.-Kahn, Nice 1941
French Defense
* 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.h4 0-0 6.e5! Nd5 7.Bxh7+ Kxh7 8.Ng5+ Bxg5 9.hxg5+ Kg8 10.Qh5 f5 11.g6! Re8 12.Qh8#
* 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Qg4 f5? 13.h5+! Kh6 14.Nxe6+! g5 15.hxg6# Gundersen-Faul, Melbourne 1928
* 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 Bxc3+? 5.bxc3 h6? 6.Ba3 Nd7 7.Qe2 dxe4 8.Bxe4 Ngf6 9.Bd3 b6?? 10.Qxe6+! fxe6 11.Bg6# Alekhine-Vasic, Banja Luka 1931 (see diagram)
Grünfeld Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qa3 12.Rb1 0-0 13.d5 Ne5 14.Bb4 Qf3!! (Kuchta-Honfi, correspondence 1956) 15.gxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Kf1 Bh3#
Indian Game
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.h3?? Ne3! 5.fxe3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxg3# (the Budapest Trap)
Italian Game
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 Nf6 (7...dxc3 8.Qd5) 8.e5 d5 9.Bb5 Ne4 10.Ba3 Bxc3 11.Nxd4 Bxa1 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6+ Bd7 14.Qxd5 Ng5 (14...Bxc6 15.Qxc6+) 15.f4 Ne6 16.f5 Ng5 17.e6 fxe6 18.fxe6 Nxe6 19.Qxe6+! (1-0 Kolisch-Gastein, Vienna 1859) 19...Qe7 20.Qxe7#
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 fxg5 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Bxg5 Qg7 12.Be6+ Kxe6 13.Qe8+ Nge7 14.d5#! Greco-N.N., Miscellaneous Game 1620
King's Gambit Accepted
**1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.b3 Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3 5.h3 g2+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 gxh1=N# Wiede-Goetz, Strassburg 1880
**1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bc4 g5 5.h4 f6 6.Nxg5?! fxg5?? 7.Qh5+! Ke7 8.Qf7+! Kd6 9.Qd5+! Ke7 10.Qe5# Greco-N.N., unknown 1620
Nimzo-Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 0-0 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bxh7+ Kh8 11.Nf3 g6 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qxg6 Rg8?? 14.Qh6# dr_stan-TrevorHawk, lichess 2020
Nimzowitsch Defence
*1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nc3 Bxf3 6.Nxd5 Bxd1 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Bxc2 9.Bf4 Nxd4 10.Nc7? e5! 11.Bxe5?? Bb4# Bildhauer-Janny, Sopron 1927
*(from above) 7...Kd7 8.Nxa8 Bxc2 9.Bf4 e5 10.dxe5 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nge7 12.e6+ fxe6 13.Nc7?? Nd4+ 14.Ke3 Nef5# Kiss-Barcza, Debrecen 1934
Owen's Defence
*1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5 4.exf5! Bxg2 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6! Nf6?? 7.gxh7+, Nxh5 8.Bg6#
Petrov’s Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Bb3 Qg5 6.0-0 Qxe5 7.d3 Bd6 8.g3 (8.dxe4?? Qxh2#) 8...Ng5 9.Re1 Nf3+ 10.Kf1 (10.Qxf3 Qxe1+ 11.Kg2 or 10.Kh1 Qxe1+ 11.Qxe1 Nxe1) 10...Bh3# N.N.-Zukertort, Posen 1862
Philidor Defence
*1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6? 5.Nxe5! Bxd1? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5# Légal-Saint Brie, Paris 1750. This mating pattern is now called Légal's mate.
*1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d4 fxe4 6.dxe5 exf3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.gxf3 Nc6 9.f4 Bd7 10.Be3 0-0-0 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qf3 Bf5 13.0-0-0? d5! 14.Bxd5?? Qxc3+! 15.bxc3 Ba3# Schulder-Boden, London 1853
*1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6? 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5? 10.Nxb5! cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.0-0-0 Rd8 (12...0-0-0 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 (14...Nxd7 15.Bxe7 Bxe7)) 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+! Nxb8 17.Rd8# Morphy-Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris 1858
Queen’s Pawn Game
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 d4 8.exd4 exd4 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Bxb4 Nxb4 12.Nbxd4 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 Qxe5+ 14.Ne2 (14.Be2 Qxd4) 14...Nd3#
Queen's Gambit Declined, Marshall Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.d5 Ne5? 8.Nxe5! Bxd1 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 Qc7?? 11.cxb7+ (1-0 Genz-Boehmer, Colorado 1985) 11...Kd8 (after 11...Qd7 and 11...Nd7, White mates, or forces mate, with 12.bxa8=Q+ or bxa8=R+) 12.Nxf7#
Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.dxc5 d4 6.Ne4 Bf5 7.Ng3? Bxc5! 8.Nxf5? Qa5+! 9.c3 dxc3 10.b4 (if 10.bxc3, then 10...Qxc3+! 11.Qd2 Qxa1+! 12.Qd1 Bb4#! or 12.Qc1 Qxc1#) 10...Bxb4 11.Qc2 Qxf5! 12.Qxf5?? c2# Sollano-Rhine, Chicago 1977
Ruy Lopez
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 d5 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.Nxc6 Bxh2+! 10.Kh1! Qh4 11.Rxe4+! dxe4 12.Qd8+! Qxd8 13.Nxd8+ Kxd8 14.Kxh2 f5?? 15.Bg5# Pandolfini-N.N., 1970
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.hxg4? hxg4 11.Ng5 Nf4 12.Qxg4 Qxg5! (0-1 Böhm-Román Hernández, Amsterdam 1979) 13.Qxg5 Ne2#
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Nxe4? 6.d5 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.dxc6 e4 9.Re1 d5 10.Be2! exf3? (Black had to play 10...bxc6) 11.cxb7 Bxb7 (if 11...fxe2, 12.bxa8(Q)) 12.Bb5# Nimzowitsch-Ryckhoff, simultaneous exhibition, Pärnu 1910
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 Qf6 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.0-0 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.e5 Qg6 9.f3 d3 10.Qb3 Nh6 11.Bd5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nf5 13.g4 (13.Bxb7?? Ng3+! 14.hxg3 Qh6# or 14...Qh5#) 13...Qh6 14.gxf5 Qh3 15.Rd1?? Qxf3+! 16.Bxf3 Bxf3# Kahn-Hartlaub, Hamburg 1916
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Ng4 5.h3 h5 6.hxg4 hxg4 7.Ne1 Qh4 8.f3 g3! 9.Bxc6 Qh1# or 9...Qh2# (the Fishing Pole Trap)
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.0-0 Ng6 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Bc4+ Ke7 10.Qh5 Qe8 (10...Nf4 11.Qf7#) 11.Qg5+! hxg5 12.Bxg5# Zukertort-Anderssen, Breslau 1865
Scandinavian Defense
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# Canal-N.N., Budapest 1934 (the "Peruvian Immortal": White sacrifices both rooks and his queen to finish with Boden's mate)
Scotch Game
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Bc5 6.Qf3 Nf6 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Re8 9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.0-0 Nxf2 11.Rxf2 Re1+ 12.Bf1 Nd4 13.Qxf7?? Ne2+! 14.Kh1 (forced because neither piece can take the knight) 14...Rxf1+! 15.Rxf1 Ng3#!
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bg4 7.0-0 Ne5? 8.Nxe5! Bxd1? 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Nd5# Falkbeer-N.N., Casual Game 1847
* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qd4 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Qg5+ 12.f4 Qxf4+ 13.Bd2 Qg4 14.Qd8+!! Kxd8 15.Bg5++ (1-0 Maczuski-Kolisch, Paris 1863) 15...Ke8 16.Rd8#
Semi-Italian Opening
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 (5.Nxe5? Nxe5) 5...Bh5? 6.Nxe5! Bxd1? 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Nd5# Cheron-Jeanloz, Paris simultaneous exhibition 1929
Sicilian Defence
* 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qe2 Ng4! 9.h3?? Nd4! (winning White's queen, at least) 10.Nxd4 Qh2# (the Siberian Trap)
* 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nb5 0-0-0 9.Nxa7+?? Nxa7 10.Qxa7 Qd1+!! (0-1 Dutch-Sugden, London 1964) 11.Kxd1 Bg4+ 12.Kc2 Bd1# or 12.Ke1 Rd1# (a finish strikingly similar to Réti-Tartakower, Vienna 1910, cited under Caro-Kann Defence, above)
* 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qb6 9.Bc4 Bxf2+ 10.Ke2 0-0 11.Rf1 Bc5 12.Ng5 Nd4+ 13.Kd1 Ne6 14.Ne4 d6 15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Nxd6 Rd8 17.Bf4! Nxf4? 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Qg8+! (1-0 Unzicker-Sarapu, Siegen Olympiad 1970) Rxg8 20.Nf7#
* 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Qg4 Qxe5 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rhe1 h5 16.Nxe6! Be7 (16...hxg4 17.Bxb5+! Ke7 (17...axb5? 18.Nc7# or 18.Nxg7#) 18.Nxf8+ Kxf8? 19.Re8#) 17.Bxb5+! axb5 18.Nc7+! Kf8 19.Rd8+! Bxd8 20.Re8# Tal-N.N., England 1974
* 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Nb5 Nxe4 8.Qg4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bf8 10.Rd1 d5 11.Qg3 e5 12.Rxd5 Bd7 (12...Qxd5 13.Nc7+) 13.Bc4 a6 14.Rxe5+ Nxe5 15.Qxe5+ Be7 16.Nd6+! Kf8 17.Nxf7 Bf6?? 18.Bc5+! Kg8 19.Nh6# N.N.-Gustafsson, chess24 2019
* 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nce2 Bg7 6.b3 e5 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Nxd4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Qxb4+ 12.Ke2 (12.Qd2?? Qxd2#) 12...Qxb2+ 13.Kf3 Qxf2+ 14.Kxe4 d5+ 15.Kxd5 (15.cxd5 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4) 15...Be6+ 16.Kc5 Bxd4+ 17.Kd6 (17.Qxd4 Qxd4+) 17...0-0-0# Robinson-Rhine, Chicago 2019
* 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Nge7 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Nd5! Nd4? 8.Nxe5! Bxd1? 9.Nf6+! gxf6 10.Bxf7# Buckle-N.N., London 1840
Three Knights Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Bg7 6.Bg5 Nge7? 7.Nxd4! Bxd4?? 8.Qxd4! Nxd4 9.Nf6+ Kf8 10.Bh6#
Two Knights Defense (Fried Liver Attack)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8 8.Bxd5 Nd4?? (or several other moves) 9.Qf7# DuBois-Mapelle, 1989
Vienna Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Bxf7+ (4.Nxe4 d5) Kxf7 5.Nxe4 Nc6 6.Qf3+ Kg8?? 7.Ng5! (1-0 Kutjanin-Jakobjuk, Moscow 1940) 7...Qxg5 8.Qd5#

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