We've been having a big sort out in our house and I discovered the following game which I played in the days when I knew how the pieces moved.
It ticks most of the right boxes, Short, nearly get checkmated, but instead give checkmate with a Queen sacrifice. At least it made up for a few games where Peter mercilessly mashed me up in a positional grind.
Enjoy (as they say).
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "Peter Gibbs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. b4 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Nbd2 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 Rf8 14. Neg5
d5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rxe7! Qxe7 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20.
Nxe1 Rxf2 21. Kh1! Bf5 {An error but Black is possibly a tad shell shocked!
Now the standard smothered mate.} 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ Rxg8 25.
Nf7# 1-0
