24 - Ng2xRe1!, 27 - Bc8-h3!, 29 - Bh3xBf1! all hang Black queen
Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2010  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
30 Re1-d1 Nd7-f6! attacks g4-queen to counter d4-queen attack
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1
18 Nd4-f5! attacks Black h6-queen to counter threat to c5-queen
Tal vs Birjanis, 1952  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
18 f3-f4! ignores attack on undef h1-rook, attacks e5-queen
Z Bayaraa vs M Esserman, 2008  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 48 moves, 0-1
19 Bg3-d6 skewers e7-queen,f8-rook, 19 .. Qe7xh4 threatens mate
Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1
14 Be3-c5! Karjakin makes a bigger threat than knight just lost
Karjakin vs Stellwagen, 2009  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 52 moves, 1-0
32 - Rg6-g4 attacks White h4-queen, 33 Rd3-g3! attacks g2-queen
Anand vs Aronian, 2009  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 0-1
36 ... f5-f4! now 37 Rg3xg6?? leaves behind d3 for 37 .. d4-d3#
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 44 moves, 0-1
30 .. Ne6-d4! Black b3-queen trapped so attack White e2-queen
Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2009  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 54 moves, 1-0
10 Bd3xNe4 wins piece but Morphy's 10 .. Qd8-h4! threatens mate
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857  (C45) Scotch Game, 19 moves, 0-1
33 f2-f3? attacks knight, 33 ... Rd7xd5! attacks knight, wins P
Y Wang vs Carlsen, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 0-1
28 h2-h4! attacks Black g5-queen, ignores threat undef d1-rook
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2007  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
53 Bd2-h6! meets attack on d3-queen by attacking Black f8-queen
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 1-0
Navara vs Carlsen, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
46 ... g7-g5!
Gelfand vs Giri, 2012  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1
30 Bd3xNf5? not 30 ... Re5xBf5?! but stronger 30 ... Re5-e2!-/+
Navara vs Ivanchuk, 2012  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 41 moves, 0-1
3 ... Qc7xQg3 24 Re4xNd4!! leaves Black g3-queen trapped
Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0
Wang Yue plays a whole bunch of EST'S in this game
Y Wang vs Kaidanov, 2013  (A13) English, 57 moves, 1-0
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