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Poisoned Chessman Tactic-- OTB Examples
Compiled by ChessCoachClark
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Look out! In fact, look and think before you move! Biting the pretty side of the apple may not be good for you, princess.

Even if not commonly thought of as such, Poisoned Pawns and their siblings feel like special traps to me.

ChessCoachClark (CCC) originated this game collection and he updates it on occasion. This project is a work in progress, culling games from various sources, including several chess training books and personal research. The games are ordered by date (oldest first), not by importance.

Be well.
Be safe.

Poisoned Rook at 19. Rxd5
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1

9. ... Qxa1 Black Queen takes the Poisoned Rook and is trapped
H Walkerling vs Hanssen, 1928 
(B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Poisoned Bishop at end-- 11. ... Kxf7 12. e6+ Kxe6 13. Qxa5
B Katalymov vs G Ilivitsky, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Poisoned Knight captured at 5. ... dxc3 (Black Queen is lost)
A J Donnelly vs E Pollington, 1963 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0

Pawn is captured for a Rook Fork next, or Promotion next!
Gligoric vs Andersson, 1974 
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 49 moves, 1-0

14. ... Qxh4 was chomping down on a Poisoned Pawn
H Angantysson vs K Kaiszauri, 1982 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0

34. Rxa6 took Poisoned Pawn! AP lets Fork on Rooks by 34...Bd3
F Handke vs Pelletier, 2002
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 55 moves, 0-1

Poisoned Rook comes to a8 for various results
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 
(B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

After 16. dxc6, if Nxc6, Qd5+ Kh8 Qxc6-- Knight's gone!
L E Johannessen vs Carlsen, 2005 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 59 moves, 1-0

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