No 19th century review of games would be complete without a queen sacrifice followed by a king hunt. Here's a gem from Charousek-Englander, 1894, and along the way you get to improve on the winner's way of finding a mate. And, of course, you get the whole game again!

1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.f4 d6 [3...Nxe4 4.fxe5 Nc6 5.d3 Nc5 6.g3 Nxe5 7.Bg2 Ne6 8.d4 Ng6 9.d5 Nc5 I'm no better at reading 19th century minds than I am at 20th or 21st century minds, but I think this is what White had in mind for 10.0–0]4.Nbc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxe2 6.Bxe2 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Bc4 Nd4 9.d3 c6 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Ne2 a6 12.Ng3? [Giving up the bishop for a knight is a bit odd here.]12...exf4 13.Bxf4 d5! 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Be5 0–0 16.Qh5 Bc5+ 17.Kh2 g6 18.Qg4 Ne3?? [Leads to a crushing defeat. Better was 18...Qd7 for reasons that become immediately obvious.] [SEE DIAGRAM] 19.Qxe6!! Nxf1+ [Taking the queen now or one move later as Black does, does not matter: 19...fxe6 20.Bxe6+ Rf7 21.Bxf7+ Kf8 22.Bxg6+ Nxf1+ 23.Rxf1+ Kg8 24.Bf7+ Kf8 25.Bh5+ Kg8 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rf7 h6 28.Rg7+ Kf8 29.Rh7 Qd5 30.Rh8+ Qg8 31.Rxh6 Rd8 32.Rh8 Qxh8 33.Bxh8] 20.Rxf1 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Rf7 22.Rxf7 Qe8 23.Rf6+ Kg7 24.Rf4+ Kh6 25.Rh4+ Kg5 26.Rg4+ [Quicker is 26.Ne4+] 26...Kh6 27.Nf5+ [Quicker is 27.Bf6] 27...gxf5 28.Bf4+ Kh5 29.Rg5+ Kh6 30.Rg8+ Kh5 31.g4+ fxg4 32.Bxg4+ Kh4 33.Bg3#

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