22 Ne4-f6+! takes f6-sq lined up with undefended Black h8-rook Nimzowitsch vs J Mieses, 1930  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0 34 b3-b4! takes b4-square lined up with undef Black a5-queen Gheorghiu vs Beliavsky, 1982  (A58) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 0-1 15 .. Nd7xe5! takes e5-square lined up with undef White a1-rook N Illijin vs G Burgess, 1992  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 25 moves, 0-1 43 Rh7xBf7! Kf6xRf7 force f7-g8 alignment for skewer 44 Bd3-g6+ Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 44 moves, 1-0 34 ... Re4xBf4! forces White to line up pieces along b8-h2 diag Kryvoruchko vs I Cheparinov, 2009  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1 58 Rg2xg5+! forces Black g7-king,f5-queen into pin alignment D Reinderman vs Harikrishna, 2010  (A20) English, 56 moves, 1-0 19 ... Nf6xd5! 20 Qb3xNd5?! lines up with d2-knight for skewer Gelfand vs V Gashimov, 2010  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 20 Nd2xe4!,28 Rf1xf7! based on White e2-bishop diagonal control Le Quang Liem vs X Bu, 2010  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1-0 38 Rf3xf7! wins a pawn as White g4-bishop prepares pin on e6-sq Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006   (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0 18 Bg3xe5! S Zhigalko vs A Iljushin, 2010  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 33 moves, 1-0 21 ... Nf6xe4! takes the e4-square lined up with White f3-queen Le Quang Liem vs Nepomniachtchi, 2010  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 60 moves, 1-0 23 ... Bb7xg2! takes g2-square lined up with g1-king,g6-queen Epishin vs Hort, 2001  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 0-1 41 ... f4-f3+! 42 Ke2xf3 drags e2-king onto f-file of f7-queen Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2009  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1 M Ezat vs Mamedyarov, 2010  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 55 e4-e5+! takes e5-sq lined up with undef e8-bishop for fork Carlsen vs McShane, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 61 moves, 1-0 17 Rd1xd6!, 66 ... Bf2xg3! create alignments for skewer, pin Aronian vs Nakamura, 2010  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 73 moves, 1-0 19 Rc1xNc6! drags Black b7-bishop into line with undef c7-bisho Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2011  (A15) English, 29 moves, 1-0 17 c3-c4! entices Black e6-bishop onto line of c7-queen for pin Smyslov vs Denker, 1946  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0 18 games