White will weave a mating net with discovered check
Vladimirov vs S Zagrebelny, 1988  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
Fork: queen or discovered mate on h3
P Nikolic vs Topalov, 1997  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
What a mating combo. From discoveries to underpromtion...
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
With 13. Ne2+! Bird uncovers and pins pieces for mate.
NN vs Bird, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Queen trapped because of fork threat.
Junge vs E Matthai, 1970  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
fork: R and K/R fork threat
Neverov vs A I Hamed, 1999  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
moves 16-25 for black are full of everything!
Epishin vs S Polgar, 1991  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 65 moves, 0-1
uncovering a queen sac plus double check for mate
Parma vs C Bielicki, 1959  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 27 moves, 0-1
Fork + Overload
Giri vs F A Cuijpers, 2009  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Double pin for mate
V Vepkhvishvili vs Z Rukhadze, 1965  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 32 moves, 1-0
21. Removing semi-pinned knight defender, discovery
J Gluckie vs M Moran-Venegas, 2009  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Double discovery
F Guido vs Brunello, 2007  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 0-1
Discovered mate-in-1.
M Velcheva vs H Puuska, 2007  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0
Another example of threatening both a piece and a fork
Nyback vs V Rasulov, 2009  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Pinned to king and Pinned to a threat.
Benko vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0
Forking a mate threat and the bishop. Also cool b4!??! opening
E Epelman vs J Aijala, 1974 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Qe3 puts tons of pressure through threat-pins and discoveries
J Mason vs L D Barbour, 1876  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 27 moves, 1-0
Pinned to a checkmate.
Gligoric vs J Rosenstein, 1963  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Knight fork threats trap the black queen.
Philidor vs NN, 1990  (C41) Philidor Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
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