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solution is 'almost unique', ie, the winner has only a single move that must
be made to fulfill the mate - ideal for creating an interactive puzzle where
you might want to rate the puzzle and the solver.
Bill Harvey
Henry Buckle vs NN, London, 1840
r2qkb1r/pp2nppp/3p4/2pNN1B1/2BnP3/3P4/PPP2PPP/R2bK2R w KQkq - 1 0
1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Bxf7#
Louis Paulsen vs Blachy, New York, 1857
1rb4r/pkPp3p/1b1P3n/1Q6/N3Pp2/8/P1P3PP/7K w - - 1 0
1. Qd5+ Ka6 2. cxb8=N#
Paul Morphy vs Duke Isouard, Paris, 1858
4kb1r/p2n1ppp/4q3/4p1B1/4P3/1Q6/PPP2PPP/2KR4 w k - 1 0
1. Qb8+ Nxb8 2. Rd8#
Johannes Zukertort vs Adolf Anderssen, Breslau, 1865
r1b2k1r/ppp1bppp/8/1B1Q4/5q2/2P5/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qd8+ Bxd8 2. Re8#
Gustav Neumann vs Carl Mayet, Berlin, 1866
5rkr/pp2Rp2/1b1p1Pb1/3P2Q1/2n3P1/2p5/P4P2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxg6+ fxg6 2. Rg7#
Joseph Blackburne vs Martin, England, 1876
1r1kr3/Nbppn1pp/1b6/8/6Q1/3B1P2/Pq3P1P/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxd7+ Kxd7 2. Bb5#
Wilfried Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen, Frankfurt, 1878
5rk1/1p1q2bp/p2pN1p1/2pP2Bn/2P3P1/1P6/P4QKP/5R2 w - - 1 0
1. Qxf8+ Bxf8 2. Rxf8#
Joseph Blackburne vs Smith, Simul, 1882
r1nk3r/2b2ppp/p3b3/3NN3/Q2P3q/B2B4/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
1. Qd7+ Bxd7 2. Nxf7#
Wilhelm Steinitz vs David Sands, New York, 1887
r4br1/3b1kpp/1q1P4/1pp1RP1N/p7/6Q1/PPB3PP/2KR4 w - - 1 0
1. Qg6+ hxg6 2. fxg6#
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Albert Hodges, New York, 1891
r1b2k1r/ppppq3/5N1p/4P2Q/4PP2/1B6/PP5P/n2K2R1 w - - 1 0
1. Qxh6+ Rxh6 2. Rg8#
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Fiedler, Nuremberg, 1892
r2q1b1r/1pN1n1pp/p1n3k1/4Pb2/2BP4/8/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 0
1. Qg4+ Bxg4 2. Bf7#