Black Rook at c8 needs to protect against checkmate, but can't! D Marciano vs E Prie, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1-0 Deflection tactic wins the game for Black-- checkmates pending! Topalov vs Kasparov, 1998  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 47 moves, 0-1 Black sacrifices his second Bishop and wins this game. Landa vs I Ibragimov, 1998  (C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 0-1 White Knight at c3 must stop mate, so 48. ...Na2! is decisive G Kacheishvili vs Fedorowicz, 1999 (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 49 moves, 0-1 Black could have won by using deflection: 25...Bxc4 26 Qxc4 Rd1 Z Kozul vs Nisipeanu, 1999 (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 At 14 ... Nd2!, Knight is safe because N on f3 stops checkmate. A Bykov vs O Nikolenko, 1999 (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 30 moves, 0-1 25. Rxd6! deflects the Black Queen and wins the game. D Pedzich vs P Murdzia, 1999  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 29 moves, 1-0 Deflection at end allows for mate in two moves. D Mehmeti vs J Weber, 2001 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 0-1 Deflection at end (or is it a Fork?) wins material. D Jacimovic vs V Trkaljanov, 2001  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0 43. b3! is a Deflection against the Queen S Barbeau vs P Charbonneau, 2001 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 1-0 27. a6+! wins a Rook by deflecting the King from its protection P Cramling vs J Barkhagen, 2001  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 Deflection at end allows pending mate at g8. Vladimirov vs N Murshed, 2001 (D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0 Continuation is either checkmate or material loss by deflection Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1 Deflection at end allows for mate in two moves. Nisipeanu vs P Soln, 2002  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 34 moves, 1-0 Deflection at end either wins a Rook or the Queen! V Bui vs H Frey Perez, 2002  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1 30. Bxg7+ wins Rook because Knight can't move. S Kriventsov vs O Sagalchik, 2002 (B56) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 16. ...Bxh3! wins a Pawn as Bishop can't move; wins game later. Van Wely vs Grischuk, 2002  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 0-1 Bishop at f3 must stop Ng4#, but Queen move allows Bxg2 Ng4# E Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya vs P Wang, 2002  (E97) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1 Last move deflects Queen from guarding d3 by Sacrifice. Motylev vs J Polgar, 2002  (B32) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1 Rook Sacrifice tactic is also Deflection and wins the game. Dreev vs Svidler, 2002  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 26 moves, 1-0 Game ends with Rook Sacrifice as Decoy/Lure to win Queen M Yilmaz vs J Jirka, 2003  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1 21 games