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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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