22 Ne4-f6+! drags e7-queen onto f6-sq for skewer with h8-rook Nimzowitsch vs J Mieses, 1930  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0 15 ... Nd7xe5! steals pawn in broadlight, lined up with a1-rook N Illijin vs G Burgess, 1992  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 25 moves, 0-1 Judit plans a wicked decoy with 29 Kxf3 Bg4+! 30 Kxg4 Qh5# Seirawan vs Polgar, 1993  (E77) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1 33 ... Rf1+! 34 Qxf1 sets up a skewer on the first rank T Bjornsson vs Tal, 1964  (E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 34 moves, 0-1 23 Qe8+! decoys the Black king into double check and mate Wang Shuai vs N Castaneda, 2001  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 23 moves, 1-0 33 Rf8+! gains a valuable tempo for doubling heavy pieces B Savchenko vs V Belov, 2006  (B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 33 Qg7+!! decoys Black king to gain time to double rooks on 7th Polgar vs L B Hansen, 1989  (C16) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0 38 Rh8+! Kxh8 drags the Black king into a back rank mating net Bronstein vs Shamkovich, 1961  (B01) Scandinavian, 40 moves, 1-0 40 - Rh1+! 41 KxR Qf1+ is a classic rook sac for a queen tempo P San Segundo Carrillo vs Wojtaszek, 2006  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 40 moves, 0-1 45 ... Rf7! decoys the White queen to f7 for skewer 46 ... Qf1+ Ponomariov vs Mamedyarov, 2006  (E70) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1 23 ... Qxf4+!! lures the White f4-king into a mating net Letelier vs Fischer, 1960  (E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1 14 Qh6+!! drags the Black g7-king into a double check and mate Keres vs Verbac, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 21 Rh8+! Kxh8 drags the Black king to h8 for 22 Qh5+ with tempo T Soraas vs J Kvisla, 2006  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0 50 Rg7+!! is a superb example of the decoy tactic C Li vs H Wang, 2006  (B01) Scandinavian, 55 moves, 1-0 25 Rh8+! classic decoy for tempo to create a Damiano mate B Thorfinnsson vs E Player, 1999  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0 33 ... Qa2+! drags White b1-king into discovered check, mate Santasiere vs Ed. Lasker, 1931  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1 33 ... Qh1+!! drags White g1-king to h1 for 34 ... g3-g2+ check A Kosten vs Chandler, 1991  (B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1 28 ... Rg1+! 29 Kxg1?? Qd1+ 30 Kg2 Qf1# decoy for tempo Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1 21 ... Ra1+! 22 Kxa1 Qa5+ classic decoy for tempo, mating W Schelfhout vs Maroczy, 1920  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1 15 ... QxNh3+!! 16 Kxh3 Ng4-e3+ decoy into a discovered check J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1 40 Bg6+! tries to drag Black f7-king to g6 for pawn fork 41 f5+ Larsen vs J Penrose, 1969  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 44 moves, 1-0 32 ... Qxd6 decoys Black queen to d6 for fork, 6th rank for pin Bacrot vs A Skripchenko, 2006  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0 15 ... Qf1+! drags the White e1-king into double check and mate J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 35 ... Re2+! 36 Qd3xRe2?? creates TM=Q for a discovered check Mamedyarov vs Kamsky, 2007  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 30 Qxd7+! drags Black king onto light square for 31 Bd3-b5+ Leko vs Piket, 1997  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 52 - Rc4-a4+! 53 Ka3xRa4 drags White king to a4, 53 - Qc3-b4# Adams vs Shirov, 2007  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 0-1 33 Qd5-g8+!! drags Black h8-king into double check and mate I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960  (A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 26 Bf4-c7!! drags Black c8-rook to c7 for queen fork 27 Qe2-e5! Spassky vs Averkin, 1973  (B44) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 29 Ne5xc6! Qd6xc6? drags Black queen onto c-file, into pin Macieja vs Radjabov, 2007  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 19 Re1-e8+! forces Black f8-king to light square for discovery Korchnoi vs Tal, 1965  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 34 moves, 1-0 32 - Rh2-h1+! drags White g1-king to light square for discovery J Parker vs N Pert, 1999  (A92) Dutch, 32 moves, 0-1 47 ... h2-h1=Q+! 48 Qh8xQh1 drags White queen to h1 for skewer Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 47 moves, 0-1 45 ... Qc7xc3+! drags White c2-king onto c3 for 46 ... Be7-b4+ Jakovenko vs Shirov, 2007  (B33) Sicilian, 53 moves, 0-1 49 Ne4-f6+! Rf4xNf6 f6-rook can no longer get behind g6-passer Jakovenko vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0 47 d6-d7! Bc6xd7 drags c6-bishop onto line of g7-king for a pin A Lastin vs K Maslak, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 1-0 34 Rg6-h6+! drags the Black h7-king to h6-square for 35 Qg4-g6# Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 37 moves, 1-0 47 Rf7-h7+!! drags Black h8-king to h7 for an Arabian mate Kotronias vs F Vallejo Pons, 2009  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 Larsen vs Spassky, 1981  (A26) English, 44 moves, 0-1 Mecking's great double decoy to create a royal skewer Mecking vs L A Tan, 1973  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 1-0 39 games