Aronian plays 24 exd4?? and drops his queen to 24 ... Re1+!
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1
Black f8-rook overworked defending g8- and f7- focal points
A Bisguier vs J Penrose, 1950  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0
D Jacimovic vs V Trkaljanov, 2001  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0
23 RxBa8! Black c8-rook cannot defend a8-bishop, c3-queen
Petrosian vs A Matanovic, 1958  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
22 Qd3?? Re1+! fork-overload tricks exploits a pin to gain e1
B Thorfinnsson vs E Najer, 2006  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 0-1
36 Re8+! fork-overload trick works even with queen on 2nd rank
Ivanchuk vs Van Wely, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0
36 ... Qe5xe4?? allows the standard reply 37 Rf1-f8+!, winning
H Wang vs C Balogh, 2007  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 37 moves, 1-0
28 c5xb6!! Re6-e1+? wins White queen but White a-pawn promotes
Smyslov vs C Guimard, 1962  (C26) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0
Black b3-pawn is taboo since 51 Qb5xb3?? Re8-e1+! wins queen
Eljanov vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 0-1
Kasparov's 30 Re1-e8!! is the fork-overload trick on steroids
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
32 Qb5xb7?? Rc2-c1+! could come straight from a tactics book
B Franciskovic vs R Svaljek, 2001  (A12) English with b3, 32 moves, 0-1
28 Qd7-d4?? Re2-e1+! Tal plays pinning version of this trick
S Maus vs Tal, 1990  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 0-1
J Mieses vs Breyer, 1914  (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1
28 ... Qc5xNd4?? leads to the pinning version with 29 Re6-e8+!
Timman vs Yusupov, 1987  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1-0
I Krush vs S Foisor, 2011  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs M Ulybin, 1985  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0
Wojtaszek vs A Korobov, 2012  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
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