Post your best miniatures here

9 move checkmate....tried to remove opponents name hope he doesn't take offense. 

https://www.chess.com/live/game/2026145991

https://www.chess.com/live/game/2026105613

There are so many bad moves but I guess it is still a miniature. 

Another one

Fooling around with the Alekhine defense squirel variation. Apparently, an objectively really bad opening, but at my (opponent's) level, easy to push pawns too far against it and end up with weaknesses everywhere.

Here's a 20-move miniature with a question: would it have been better to play 15.Rd7, capturing White's queen instead of the e7 and f7 bishops? My opponent eventually resigned in the face of 20...Kb8 21.Qa7, but perhaps 15.Rd7 would have been a more economical means?

ed1975 that's what happens when a player brings the Queen out too early. Nice royal fork (11...Nxc2+)

These should be made into a book

Another one for the Birds.

That Nxh2 shot is one that Bird players should know. It happens a lot in these sorts of position.

Winning with an unsound move. A very instructive position at move 27 arising from the Sicilian Najdorf. 

 i consider this my best game

27... Rxc3! 28. Rxa4 Nd3+ 29. Kb1 Nxf2 with an extra piece.

Winning against the Sicilian Najdorf with sound moves.

^Bill Wall?? 

Although better than what was played in the game, it's not winning after

27.. Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qxa3+ 29. Kd2

The winning tactic is:

27.. Qxd4!!

Then if 28. Bxd4 Nd3+ Forking the white queen

Also if  28. Qxd4 Ne2+ Also forking the white queen

Either way black would be up a rook.

I was playing someone rated about 350 points higher than me and saw he had never faced the French Wing gambit.  I had just watched a video on it so I figured I'd give it a shot.  He played it about as poorly as you can.  I can't believe he allowed the classic bishop sacrifice and then didn't know to bring his king out to g6.