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What is the shortest known on the board game played between GM rated players that ended with a checkmate? "Shortest" does not mean the game has to be very short.

Note: Edited this question twice clarifying some ambiguity.

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Just to clarify, you are looking for the shortest game between two players who have official GM titles. Does the time control matter to you? Could the game be blindfold? – Akavall Jan 3 at 20:43
Thanks for pointing that out, I edited the question now. – Deidara-senpai Jan 4 at 12:12

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Keres-Arlamowski 1950, comes very close

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1. e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nbd7 6.Nd6# 1-0

I heard Mr Arlamovski was an IM at the time - but given Keres' level, and the fact that there was much fewer IM's back then - probably puts the game into the GM level category.

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Thanks, but what if we restrict to games that are "really" GM level? I was just curious. – Deidara-senpai Jan 1 at 2:45
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can't think of any; I suspect most GM's would actually resign before getting mated :) – Joe Jan 2 at 21:24
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Note that Arlamowski fell into exactly the trap from this answer: chess.stackexchange.com/a/653/167, except that White has played Nf3 instead of d4. – Ed Dean♦ Jan 3 at 22:43
What a sucker! Hah, but good find :D +1 – Travis J Jan 5 at 8:44

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