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Breaking and entering
Compiled by Gypsy
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Attacks against typical and a-typical castling setups -- sneaks and breaks into King's homes, palaces, and/or redoubts.

The old fox and a new chicken -coop
Bronstein vs A Zamikhovsky, 1970 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Ungarded dormer
C Wallwork vs Duras, 1911 
(C49) Four Knights, 26 moves, 0-1

Ungarded gable
J Pinheiro vs B Thorfinnsson, 2001 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

'Needle' game (per Keene)
Kramnik vs Anand, 2001 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0

Q&R against the f7-g6-h5 domicile.
A Jakubiec vs Smejkal, 1999 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0

Smoking out the king along the 8-th
Ivanchuk vs Onischuk, 2005 
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0

Rook lift from IQP
Keene vs Miles, 1976  
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0

Bb6 left the NE black squares at weak.
L Day vs J Stopa, 1988 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

Heavy gunns against Bf8, Bg8
Navara vs P Nikolic, 2005 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0

Pawn-bazuka burning its way in / classical O-O
Shirov vs K Kuderinov, 2005 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian villa on quicksand foundations
V Knorre vs Chigorin, 1874 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

White rooks knocking ...
Alekhine vs Kmoch, 1930 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0

Unrully minors in the manor
Stein vs Portisch, 1962 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0

Colle attak
D Przepiorka vs L Prokes, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Greek style house-warming party
Jansa vs D Marovic, 1974 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0

A novel, Morphy-like destruction on g-file
Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1900 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0

Blind pigs and knight.
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2006 
(A15) English, 45 moves, 1-0

Files for queen and rooks
F Bohatirchuk vs V Nenarokov, 1924 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 1-0

Central break into fiancheto.
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

In a Morphy style
Kotronias vs D King, 1990 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

The Art of Attack
V Vukovic vs A Vajda, 1925 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

X-rays from hell
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

Just faint bishop x-rays of h7, h6
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0

Steinitz-like opening play -- marvelous attack
K Havasi vs Breyer, 1917 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

Black weak on Diagon Alley (a1-h8)
B Lalic vs Krasenkow, 2000 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

From coffee shops of Vienna
Schlechter vs H Faehndrich, 1904 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 20 moves, 0-1

H Faehndrich vs Steinitz, 1897 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Cute deflection.
K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1

Alekhine-Chatard, x-ray breaks through stiff structure
N Riumin vs Stahlberg, 1935 
(C13) French, 33 moves, 1-0

Off collor Bs, doubled pawn attack, promotion
Karpov vs V Akopian, 2006 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1

Alekhine block
G A Popov vs P Angelov, 1960 
(C56) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Cole
N Riumin vs A Budo, 1931 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

A Keres-like classic
Topalov vs Anand, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1

One step off sides, and Kamzila stopms (Nd5, Rxf6)
Kamsky vs Svidler, 2006 
(B83) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

From French-advance pawn structure.
N Riumin vs Alatortsev, 1938 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

Super Bole
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1

Ng4, Qf5
C Ahues vs Alekhine, 1936 
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1

A classical siege; break down the h-file
Shamkovich vs Bronstein, 1971 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 0-1

Roling, roling, roling
F Bohatirchuk vs G Machate, 1947
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Greek Gift entry
Pillsbury vs Burn, 1895  
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

All doors left wide open.
L Forgacs vs H Caro, 1904 
(C46) Three Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Destruction of Benko adobe.
Hort vs J Polgar, 1987 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Q+N+P : mates and promotions
A Yusupov vs A Reuss, 2005 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 40 moves, 1-0

Unsafe in fiancheto
Morozevich vs K Georgiev, 2006 
(C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Back row & h2 problems.
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
(C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1

Majority attack from Carlsbad Position
Kasparov vs D H Campora, 1988 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

Troubles on the diagonals
L Prins vs L Day, 1968 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

Off collor B's
Bacrot vs Kramnik, 2002 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1

Space and closed position
C H Alexander vs Pachman, 1947 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 41 moves, 1-0

The master of harmony
Kasparov vs Smyslov, 1975 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

Through locked chains
M Loiterstein vs Najdorf, 1994 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 0-1

One from Honza
Z Mladek vs J Cervenka, 1993 
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 32 moves, 0-1

Fischer the grand
Fischer vs Stein, 1967 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0

Broken key to O-O-O
J Boudy Bueno vs I Szabo, 1979 
(B56) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1-0

Mad Keres
Keres vs Geller, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs Koblents, 1945 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 29 moves, 1-0

Flohr vs Koltanowski, 1935 
(A28) English, 39 moves, 1-0

N Riumin vs Flohr, 1936 
(B32) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Flohr vs Maroczy, 1932 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1-0

Flohr vs Bogoljubov, 1932 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 26 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

K side attack against Tartakower QGD
Flohr vs Saemisch, 1929 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Horwitz hawitzers
Vidmar vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Levenfish converges on g2
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Two breaks; Black is in first
I Cheparinov vs Ivanchuk, 2008 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 moves, 0-1

Breaking the O-O-O
Lasker vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Topalov vs Anand, 2008 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

Horwitz hawitzers
Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Deadly N+Q
Onischuk vs I Kurnosov, 2009 
(D85) Grunfeld, 27 moves, 0-1

Breaking through the fiancheto
Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

Leko plays like Zukertort
Leko vs Kasimdzhanov, 2009 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Black squares
Keres vs Petrosian, 1949 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Wild-man Rubinstein
Rubinstein vs Teichmann, 1908 
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein unchained
Rubinstein vs Teichmann, 1908 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

"The Pipe Game"
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

Taking advantage of Lasker queen offside
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

Too much light on light-sqares (structure f6-g7-h6)
Karpov vs Shirov, 1992 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs Kramnik, 1996 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 59 moves, 1-0

Minority attack against K
B Esen vs Vitiugov, 2010 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 33 moves, 0-1

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