Qc1/Rc2/Rc3 - Alekhines's gun I
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Qe8/Re7/Re6 - Alekhine's gun II
W Winter vs Alekhine, 1936  (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
Qc1/Rc2/Rc3
Blackburne vs S Rosenthal, 1878  (C45) Scotch Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Qb8/Rb7/Rb5
Winawer vs Blackburne, 1878  (C14) French, Classical, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Qa3/Ra4/Ra7 - high noon on the a-file
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Qc1/Rc2/Rc3
J Medina Zavalia vs Kashdan, 1932 (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 101 moves, 0-1
Qf2/Rf3/Rf5
Yates vs R H Scott, 1921 (C49) Four Knights, 58 moves, 0-1
Qa8/Ra7/Ra3
T Nissl vs Tarrasch, 1932  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1
Qa1/Ra2/Ra3
Antoshin vs Vasiukov, 1955 (A16) English, 55 moves, 0-1
Qc3/Rc4/Rc5 (pure)
Andersson vs I Sokolov, 1995  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1-0
Qh1/Rh4/Rh6
E Cordova vs V Fedoseev, 2017  (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Qc2/Rc3/Rc4
Petrosian vs Reshevsky, 1964  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 74 moves, 1-0
Qc1/Rc2/Rc3
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 50 moves, 1-0
Qc1/Rc2/Rc5 (xc7)
Karpov vs Yusupov, 1983  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1-0
Qa7/Ra6/Ra3
Yusupov vs Gelfand, 1993  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 54 moves, 0-1
Qg7/Rg6/Rg5 - behind Pg4!
R Appel vs Speelman, 1998 (A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Qg1/Rg3/Rg5 - high noon on the g-file
N Davies vs R J Dive, 1994  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Qd1/Rd2/Rd3
Van Wely vs Y Hou, 2013  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Qh8/Rh7/Rh6
P Ostojic vs Botvinnik, 1969  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 61 moves, 0-1
Re1/Qe2/Re3
O Bernstein vs A H Pettersson, 1906 (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Re1/Re6/Qe8
Vasiukov vs Uhlmann, 1962  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Rh6/Rh7/Qh8
E Najer vs A Alavkin, 2004  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rd1/Qd2/Rd6 on move 23. After 24.Qf4 it's 1:0
J Xu vs Y Wan, 2011 (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Re1/Qe2/Re5 and manouvring along the file
So vs A Shukuraliev, 2010  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 27 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Rd2/Qd3
Andersson vs K Langeweg, 1981  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 1-0
Rc1/Rc2/Qc3 vs Pc7
Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd5/Rd7
T Turgut vs A Barnsley, 2007 (D75) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5, 43 moves, 1-0
Rg1/Qg2/Rg3 - final position!
I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 28 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Rd2/Qd3
Shirov vs M Muzychuk, 2012  (B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Re8/Re7/Qe6
Bogoljubov vs Nimzowitsch, 1929  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 50 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Rd2/Qd3
Huebner vs Knaak, 1999 (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd3/Rd5
Alatortsev vs V Chekhover, 1937  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 75 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd2/Rd3
M Stean vs Sosonko, 1975  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 102 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rd8/Qd7/Rd6 - Rf2/Rf3/Qf4
B Socko vs J Al-Huwar, 2001 (B06) Robatsch, 53 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Qf7/Rf6
K Darga vs Stein, 1969  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
Rd8/Rd7/Qd6
A J Goldsby vs Tkachiev, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 65 moves, 0-1
Rh8/Qh4/Rh3
W Paulsen vs J Mason, 1885 (C02) French, Advance, 73 moves, 0-1
Re8/Qe7/Re6
J Sunye Neto vs Kasparov, 1981  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
Re1/Qe2/Re3
Tal vs Speelman, 1988  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0
Rc8/Qc5/Rc4
V Manelis vs D Chuprikov, 2001 (C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
Re7/Qe6/Re2
J Mieses vs Rubinstein, 1905  (C21) Center Game, 34 moves, 0-1
Re8/Re7/Qe6
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1906  (A53) Old Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
Rc1/Rc4/Qc6
I Cheparinov vs R Hess, 2012 (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
Re8/Qe7/Re6
Taimanov vs Botvinnik, 1953  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 0-1
Rc1/Qc2/Rc3
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1961  (C11) French, 68 moves, 1-0
Rb1/Qb2/Rb5
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 41 moves, 1-0
Rc1/Qc4/Rc5
G Kursuz vs C Andersson, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Qf5/Rf4 + Rf8/Rf2/Qf1
Efimenko vs E Berg, 2011  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 94 moves, 1-0
Rf2/Qf3/Rf6 + Variationen
Kamsky vs Adams, 1992  (C48) Four Knights, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rg8/Qg7/Rg4
Botvinnik vs Szabo, 1965  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 77 moves, 0-1
Rc1/Qc2/Rc3 (3 times)
A Gershon vs Timman, 2001 (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0
Re8/Qe6/Re5 - Lasker's e-file counterplay
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Rc1/Qc2/Rc3
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd4/Rd5 - backrank#
A Bannik vs Petrosian, 1951  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 30 moves, 1-0
Re1/Qe2/Re3
Kavalek vs Uhlmann, 1976  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 47 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Rf2/Qf3 + Rf1/Qf2/Rf3
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rh1/Qh2/Rh3
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1907  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Qf7/Rf5
Ding Liren vs Q Liu, 2012  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rc1/Qc2/Rc5
Yusupov vs Gavrikov, 1994  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 34 moves, 1-0
Rb1/Qb2/Rb3 (3x)
Yusupov vs C Lutz, 1994  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 65 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Rf2+(Nf3)/Qf4; (semi)
H Danielsen vs C Hansen, 1997  (A56) Benoni Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Rh1/Qh4/Rh7 (final position)
Dominguez Perez vs I Ibragimov, 2012  (C02) French, Advance, 35 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Qf2/Rf5
Stellwagen vs A Berelowitsch, 2012 (C11) French, 58 moves, 1-0
Rg1/Rg2/Qg3
Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0
Re8/Qe7/Re3(e6)
E A Perez vs C Leite, 2008  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Qf2/Rf4
E Ovod vs B Kovanova, 2012  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 38 moves, 1-0
Rg1/Rg2/Qg4 ftw
L Ootes vs K Yamada, 2011  (C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
Re1/Qe2/Re5 ... +ocB
A Volokitin vs Miroshnichenko, 2012  (C10) French, 37 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Qf2/Rf3 - and than Column, left wheel!
Gligoric vs Botvinnik, 1965  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Re8/Qe7/Re3 <->
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Ra8/Ra6/Qa5
Radjabov vs Naiditsch, 2011  (A09) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
Rc8/Qc7/Rc4
F Nuernberg vs H Mueller, 1941 (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 34 moves, 0-1
spot the horizontal Alekhine's gun
S Kindermann vs Speelman, 1983  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 55 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Qd3/Rd5
Ding Liren vs M Parligras, 2012  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
Rc8/Qc7/Rc4
A Mokshanov vs Epishin, 2010 (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 0-1
Rb7/Qb6/Rb5
Rubinstein vs Sultan Khan, 1930  (A47) Queen's Indian, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rb1/Rb2/Qb3 - jamming
Gligoric vs P Nikolic, 1982  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Rd2/Qd4
Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2012  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ra1/Qa4/Ra5xa7
Nisipeanu vs Yusupov, 2003  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd2/Rd4
Andersson vs L Comas Fabrego, 1995 (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 61 moves, 1-0
Rb1/Rb2/Qb6
J Gustafsson vs K Stupak, 2012 (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 1-0
Double Gun: Rc8/Qc6/Rc4 vs Rd1/Rd2/Qd3
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Rd2/Qd3 and Re8/Qe6/Re4
Korchnoi vs Antoshin, 1954  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1-0
Re1/Qe2/Re3
Kasimdzhanov vs Grischuk, 2012  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rh2/Qh3/Rh7 + Qh2/Rh4/Rh7 + Qh1/Rh4/Rh7
Yusupov vs Vaganian, 1979  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd2/Rd6
Lasker vs Reti, 1924  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 1-0
Re1/Qe2/Re5
Ding Liren vs G Meier, 2012  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 46 moves, 1-0
Rc8/Qc7/Rc6 --> xPc3 >-- Rh3/Rf3/Qd3 ||
Swiderski vs F J Lee, 1905  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 0-1
Qg8/Rg7/Rg5
T Kosintseva vs N Kosintseva, 2012  (C18) French, Winawer, 66 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Qd2/Rd4 vs Rc8/Qc7/Rc6
H Heemsoth vs H Rittner, 1985  (C16) French, Winawer, 45 moves, 1-0
Rc8/Qc6/Rc4 --> Pc3
Taimanov vs Karpov, 1973  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 39 moves, 0-1
Rd8/Qd6/Rd4
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 41 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Qd2/Rd3
Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1944  (A09) Reti Opening, 68 moves, 1-0
Rg8/Qg6/Rg3
N Wallach vs V Rezzuti, 1998  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 32 moves, 0-1
Rf1/Rf3/Qf5 for a blink
R Djurhuus vs J Hector, 1995 (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 61 moves, 0-1
Rd8/Rd7/Qd5 (supporting black Pd4)
H Stefansson vs Potkin, 2000 (C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Re8/Qe7/Re6
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Re8/Qe7/Re6
F Vallejo Pons vs V Gashimov, 2011  (B06) Robatsch, 56 moves, 0-1
Rd8/Qd7/Rd6
A Srebrnic vs L Galojan, 2011  (A22) English, 31 moves, 0-1
Rf3/Qf4/Rf6
Adams vs E Paehtz, 2012  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd3/Rd4
Lasker vs Albin, 1893  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Rf7/Qf6
J Gudmundsson vs Tartakower, 1930 (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Rf1/Qf2/Rf3
C Bauer vs Smirin, 2011  (A48) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Qf7/Rf6
Anand vs Carlsen, 2008  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rf1+Rf2+Qf4 (semi-closed file)
Fressinet vs Aronian, 2011  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 51 moves, 0-1
Rb1/Qb2/Rb7
P Nikolic vs Van der Wiel, 1976  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1-0
Re1/e2/Qe3 vs Rd8/d7/Qd6
Y Ding vs T Lei, 2013  (C10) French, 51 moves, 1-0
Rc1/Qc2/Rc4 vs (Pc6) Ra6/Qc7/Re6
Polugaevsky vs Taimanov, 1961 (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rc1/Qc4/Rc5
G Borisenko vs Averbakh, 1961 (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rg3/Qg5/Rg7
S Hwang vs Annie Weiss, 1999  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Rf8/Qf7/Rf4
Gligoric vs Botvinnik, 1967  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Rh1/Qh2/Rh4
M Shevchenko vs Mansur Musaev, 2001 (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 48 moves, 0-1
Rd1/Qd5/Rd6
P J Sowray vs N Hutchinson, 2004 (E17) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
Rc8/Qc7/Rc6 secured the draw
Caruana vs Leko, 2013 (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Double D congestion
Y Yu vs Ding Liren, 2014  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 119 moves, 0-1
Qf3/Rf2/Rf1
Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1973  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 30 moves, 1-0
... Re6/Qe7/Re8
S G Cooke vs L Ptacnikova, 2008 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Rc1/Qc2/Rc5
Yusupov vs H Pfleger, 1985 (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Rg8/Rg7/Qg6
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1956  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rg1/Qg2/Rg3
Yermolinsky vs Blatny, 1996 (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Rg1/Qg2/Rg3
T Beerdsen vs M C Nothnagel, 2017  (C41) Philidor Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Rd1/Qd2/Rd3
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1936  (A14) English, 49 moves
Rc1/Qc3/Rc4
W Ju vs N L Lane, 2017  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Rf1/Qf2/Rf3
Alekhine vs H Mueller, 1934  (B20) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
Rg8/Qg7/Rg4
C Hovind vs Alekhine, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's gun back and forth
G Barrenechea Bahamonde vs D Kollars, 2018  (C22) Center Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Qd1/Rd2/Rd3
Karpov vs Spassky, 1979  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Rh6/Qh5/Rh2
W Koomen vs H Max, 1936  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Qf3/Rf2/Rf1 || Nxf7!
J Santos Latasa vs G Meier, 2022  (C10) French, 34 moves, 1-0
Rb1/Rb6/Qb7
Keymer vs Duda, 2022  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 27 moves, 1-0
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