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What is the shortest known GM level OTB game to end with checkmate?

The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM levelon the board game played between GM rated players that ended inwith a checkmate?

Edit There seems to have been some misunderstanding due to the tone of the question. By shortest game, I do "Shortest" does not mean itthe game has to be less than 10 moves or so. The right answer could be 58 moves as wellvery short. This is obviously not of any major consequence, except as a potential quiz

Note: Edited this question. I did try looking around on a few sites, but did not get the right answer twice clarifying some ambiguity.

What is the shortest known GM level game to end with checkmate?

The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM level game that ended in checkmate?

Edit There seems to have been some misunderstanding due to the tone of the question. By shortest game, I do not mean it has to be less than 10 moves or so. The right answer could be 58 moves as well. This is obviously not of any major consequence, except as a potential quiz question. I did try looking around on a few sites, but did not get the right answer.

What is the shortest known GM level OTB game to end with checkmate?

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.

Clarified some ambiguous information in the original question
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The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM level game that ended in checkmate?

Edit There seems to have been some misunderstanding due to the tone of the question. By shortest game, I do not mean it has to be less than 10 moves or so. The right answer could be 58 moves as well. This is obviously not of any major consequence, except as a potential quiz question. I did try looking around on a few sites, but did not get the right answer.

The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM level game that ended in checkmate?

The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM level game that ended in checkmate?

Edit There seems to have been some misunderstanding due to the tone of the question. By shortest game, I do not mean it has to be less than 10 moves or so. The right answer could be 58 moves as well. This is obviously not of any major consequence, except as a potential quiz question. I did try looking around on a few sites, but did not get the right answer.

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What is the shortest known GM level game to end with checkmate?

The shortest possible game is the Fool's Mate, which would surely never happen at the GM level. What is the shortest known GM level game that ended in checkmate?