40 ... b4-b3+! forces White king, rook to line up on 1st rank Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 2009  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 54 moves, 0-1 44 e5-e6+ pawn fork alignment results from 5 consecutive checks Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007  (B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0 25,26 Qc4xBc3?? checks then give Black e6-knight a royal fork H Stefansson vs Carlsen, 2007  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1 28 - Nd7 29 Rd8 Black forced to line up his d7-knight, d2-rook Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1928  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 37 moves, 1-0 29 h6-h7+! Kg8-g7 makes knight fork alignment c7-rook + g7-king Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2007  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 0-1 18 Qc1!! Black forced to line up his e3-rook, g5-queen (PIN) Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0 22 ... Ba6-c4! forces White queen into discovery on the c-file Ivanchuk vs Nisipeanu, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 35 Rd4xd6! makes Black line up his a3-knight,d6-rook for Q fork Petrosian vs Uhlmann, 1968  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1-0 29 Ne5xc6! Qd6xNc6 makes Black queen face White c1-rook, pin Macieja vs Radjabov, 2007  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 33 f4-f5! creates pinning chain Black f5-bishop+Black f6-queen Seirawan vs Korchnoi, 1986 (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 62 moves, 1-0 31 ... Bb7-f3+ forces 32 Kd1-d2: White d2-king + White c1-rook Gelfand vs Aronian, 2008  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 0-1 58 ... Re1xBe5+! forces White king onto line of b8-promotion sq Smeets vs Y Hou, 2008  (C13) French, 58 moves, 0-1 101 Rg6-f6+! Kf5xRf6 lines up king, a1-rook for 102 a7-a8=Q+ Grischuk vs Anand, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 102 moves, 1-0 17 a4-a5! forces 17 ... Qb6xa5 lining up with Black b4-knight K Kuderinov vs M Arnold, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0 21 - Qe7xNe5 lines up with Black h5-knight for skewer 22 Rc1-c5 Jakovenko vs Bologan, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 29 b3-b4!! Bf8xb4 forces Black to line up his b4-bishop,b5-rook Carlsen vs Onischuk, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0 19 ... Nf3xe5! 20 Ke4xNe5?? lines up with a1-rook for skewer Smeets vs Adams, 2008  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1 39 e6-e7+! Kf8xe7 lines up with Black b7-bishop for winning pin Morozevich vs E Alekseev, 2008  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0 10 ... Nf6xe4! forces White to lineup piece with undef c2-queen V Artsukevich vs Korchnoi, 1953  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 24 moves, 0-1 31 Re1xBe6! forces both a pinning and a knight fork alignment Y Wang vs S Agdestein, 2008  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0 87 Qe5-h5+!! forces White h5-queen + White f7-king for skewer Karjakin vs Gelfand, 2008  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 46 d6-d7! Bc6xd7 foces Black d7-bishop + Black g7-king for pin A Lastin vs K Maslak, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 1-0 46 Ne4-d2+! forces Black c4-king onto c5 or d4 for knight fork Lasker vs Duras, 1909   (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 54 moves, 1-0 32 Rc1xQc7 forces Black a6-bishop+a5-rook for winning pin Carlsen vs Navara, 2008  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0 29 Bd3xh7+ forces g8-king to line up with f8-queen on f-file Caruana vs A Kveinys, 2008  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 1-0 31 Rc7-c8+ forces Black g8-king onto f7-square and knight fork R Mamedov vs S Feller, 2008  (C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0 29 Nf3xd4?? Qf6xNd4 lines up d4-queen + loose d7-knight, skewer Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1 26 Rh2xNh7+ forces Black f8-king + b6-queen for fork 27 Nf6-d7+ A Stukopin vs B Hasenohr, 2008  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 28 Rc1xBc5! based on forcing alignment e8-king + undef h8-rook Tarrasch vs Janowski, 1896  (C25) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0 27 ... Re8-e2! forces White c1- + b1-bishops for nasty skewer A Gudmundsson vs Fischer, 1960  (D95) Grunfeld, 27 moves, 0-1 24 Rf8-g8+! Kg7-h6 Black e3-rook falls with CHECK 25 Qd3xRe3+ Motylev vs Shirov, 2009  (C48) Four Knights, 24 moves, 1-0 43 Rh7xBf7! Kf6xRf7 force f7-g8 alignment for skewer 44 Bd3-g6+ Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 44 moves, 1-0 32 games