It's happened, there is actually a very common puzzle where one can sacrifice the queen to get a checkmate early on.
winning when you're down a queen


Thanks guys, I was just about to ask this question but remembered St David's decision to disallow topics discussed before (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/locking-this-thread---seriously-mods?page=5 verses 88, 95).
It always feels nice to win after being down a queen, whether that's by using your positional advantage and the opponent is unable to rally defenders in time, or because the opponent then blunders. Please do share any more games!

Thanks guys, I was just about to ask this question but remembered St David's decision to disallow topics discussed before (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/locking-this-thread---seriously-mods?page=5 verses 88, 95).
It always feels nice to win after being down a queen, whether that's by using your positional advantage and the opponent is unable to rally defenders in time, or because the opponent then blunders. Please do share any more games!
Oh no! Does that mean that my thread on the topic is going to get locked?
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-do-you-win-when-yoursquore-down-a-queen
I thought it would be cool to see if anyone has some examples of games in which someone who lost his/her queen relatively early in the game managed to win despite his/her opponent having the advantage of a queen.