Knight Trapping - opposite side castling
Kashdan vs Koltanowski, 1932  (C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Trapped Bishop - strong center (black)
B Khotenashvili vs Lagno, 2014  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
Overloaded piece
A Moiseenko vs B Savchenko, 2006  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
overloaded piece (king), attacking
J Polgar vs J L Fernandez Garcia, 2003  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 24 moves, 1-0
Interference and king attack
Grischuk vs G Seul, 2004  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Interference and king attack
Karpov vs J Polgar, 2003  (E12) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Boden's mate- open diagonals
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Game of the century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Open h file, attacking
J Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Spacial advantage on the Queenside
R Bellin vs Epishin, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Discovered check and pins
Kasparov vs G West, 1977  (B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0
Pins- losing a Queen
Sturell vs NN, 1956  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 7 moves, 1-0
Knight Forks
S Sale vs B Jankovic, 1999  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Knight Forks
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Good and Bad Exchanges.
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0
Good and Bad Exchanges. Tactics
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Discovered attack short
V Greenwalt vs B Wall, 1983  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 8 moves, 0-1
discovered attacks short 2
H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0
discovered attacks crazy mate
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923  (A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
Remove the guard
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2009  (C16) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 1-0
Power of Knights - attacking
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
Power of knights attacking
Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0
power of knights - outposts
N Mannheimer vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
power of knights- attack
Keres vs Spassky, 1955  (E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
power of knights - forks
M Rohde vs G DeFotis, 2001  (A15) English, 19 moves, 1-0
Knight power- attack on the king
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Knight power- attacking
A Rabinovich vs L Christiansen, 1995  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1
Flank attack/pawn storm same castling
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Developing pieces. Beginner
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Attack, unusual. "King walk"
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Smothered mate/ short
H Hallmann vs W Schneider, 1931  (C26) Vienna, 13 moves, 1-0
Opposite side castling attack
D Reinderman vs Kasparov, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 0-1
Candidates tournament
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2018  (C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0
Candidates tournament
Grischuk vs Caruana, 2018  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 69 moves, 0-1
Candidates tournament
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2018  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1-0
Development, quick mate
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0
Development. Sacrifices
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Pins
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0
Pins
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
Pins
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Pins, trapping a piece
J Szily vs Gligoric, 1948  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 21 moves, 0-1
Deflection, mating pattern
Chandler vs Y Gruenfeld, 1979  (B10) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 0-1
Deflection, opening trap
W Veitch vs J Penrose, 1950  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Deflection, passed pawn
Velimirovic vs Csom, 1974  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
Interference, attack
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2004  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
back rank interference
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
classic interference
A J Fink vs Alekhine, 1932  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
interference, rook sacrifice
A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 1-0
Attacking- sacrifice, x-ray
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Amazing attack
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Giuoco piano attack
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Trapping the queen
Alekhine vs M Schroeder, 1924  (B01) Scandinavian, 15 moves, 1-0
Attacking
Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
x-ray
S Platzack vs J van Baarle, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
x-ray
J Tisdall vs J Polgar, 1988  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
x-ray
Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1903  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
x-ray
Euwe vs R Loman, 1923  (A09) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
x-ray
Shirov vs Bareev, 1994  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
Attacking
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
Attacking king in the center
E Bone vs L Dubeck, 1971  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
King in the center attack
Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Attack on Uncastled king
Keres vs Faltweber, 1932  (A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Attacking the uncastled king
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866  (A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Attacking the uncastled king in the endgame
A Planinc vs I Bilek, 1971  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
Making threats
Tal vs Birjanis, 1952  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Closed center, attacks on both sides of the board
Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1944  (A47) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
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