Queen sacrifices

Meanwhile, here are three games from Gandalf which explore the wilder shores of compensation for a Queen (83,84,85)

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[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nb3
Ng6 9. Nbxd4 O-O-O 10. Be3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg2 Bxc4 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Nf5
Bxe2 15. Bxc5 Ba6 16. Nd6+ Kb8 17. O-O-O {#} cxd6 18. Bxd6+ Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6
20. Qa4 Rhd8 21. Kb1 Nc4 22. Rc1 Rd4 23. Ka1 f6 24. Qc2 Rd2 25. Qf5 Ne5 26. Bh3
b6 27. Qxh7 Bc4 28. b3 Bxb3 29. Qxg7 Nc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Bg4 Re8 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d3 h6 10. e3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rab8 13. Qd2 g5 14. Rad1 a6 {#} 15.
d4 cxd4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bg6
21. c5 Rbe8 22. Nd5 f6 23. Ne3 Qb5 24. cxd6 Qe2 25. Bc3 Qxa2 26. d7 Rd8 27. Rd6
Kh7 28. Nd5 Qa3 29. b4 Qa4 30. Ra1 Qb5 31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Re1 Qc4
34. Ba1 Qa2 35. Kg1 Qc4 36. Bf3 Qb3 37. Kg2 Qc4 38. Ne4+ Kh7 39. Nxg5+ hxg5 40.
Rh1+ Kg8 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Knox, Victor W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1982.08.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 c5 8. Be3 Ngf6
9. Nd2 h5 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b6 12. h3 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nf1 Kf8 15. Ne3 Kg7
16. h4 Nf8 17. g3 Qe8 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 N8h7 20. Kf1 Ng8 21. Qa4 Qd8 22.
Qc6 {#} g5 23. Qxa8 Bh3+ 24. Rxh3 Qxa8 25. Nf5+ Kg6 26. Rb6 Nhf6 27. Kg2 gxh4
28. Nxh6 Nxh6 29. Rxh4 Nhg4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rxd6 Qb8 32. Rxg4+ Kh5 33. Rxf6
Kxg4 34. Rf5 1-0

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