37 Nd4-f5! e6-pawn must protect d5-bishop from unmasked d1-rook
Carlsen vs Svidler, 2011  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Anand's discovered deflection 33 Nxg6! wins instantly
Anand vs Topalov, 2003  (B50) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
21 .. Ne4-f2! newly overloaded White e2-queen defends d3-bishop
Eljanov vs V Malakhov, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
23 Ra6!! discovered deflection against loose backrank square b8
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1931  (E16) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1
Chandler's discovered deflection against backrank 23 ... Qxa2!
G Wall vs Chandler, 2005 (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
Topalov's 27 Qe5-f6+!, discovered deflection against backrank
Topalov vs Naiditsch, 2005  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
Black threatens 22 ... Rxd4! 23 Qxd4 deflecting queen from c2
T Wedberg vs Korchnoi, 1988  (C14) French, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0
20 Nxf6+! exploits newly overworked Black e7-bishop
Keres vs I Bilek, 1960  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 24 moves, 1-0
24 Qd5-e6! discovered deflection on d-file against back rank
Botvinnik vs Kan, 1931  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
(VAR) 22 Rxb7! Black b8-rook cannot defend b7-bishop, d8-rook
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1922  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
17 Ne5-f7+ Black f8-rook defends e8-mating focal point, not f7
Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
33 Ne4xc5?? d6xc5?? 34 Re1xBe5 exploits overworked d6-pawn
E Cosma vs Kryvoruchko, 2006 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
26 .. Nc4xa3! discovery exploits newly overworked White b2-pawn
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
20 ... Nf5xh4! White g3-pawn suddenly has to defend f4-knight
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
22 ... Nf3-e1+! White f1-rook cannot defend both e1-,f2-squares
H Ibrahim vs Sadvakasov, 1995  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 22 moves, 0-1
21 ... Ne4-c3! White b3-queen must defend newly loose b1-rook
A Staehelin vs Alekhine, 1932  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 21 moves, 0-1
20 ... Qd5xf3+! newly overworked f1-rook must defend d1-square
L Petovic vs A Chudinovskikh, 2009  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
36 Bg4xe6+! drives Black e7-king from the newly loose g8-rook
Nakamura vs Ponomariov, 2009  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Shirov's discovered deflection 34 Ng6+! wins immediately
Shirov vs Kramnik, 1996  (B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
22 Bxh6! gxh6 23 Qxf6 wins a pawn by discovered deflection
Kharlov vs Iskusnyh, 1995  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 28 moves, 1-0
tamar: 35 Nc7+! is such a great move. Taking either way leads t
Caruana vs I Khairullin, 2012  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
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