Black positions himself for a decisive rook-queen attack.
I Goutioudi vs L Rogule, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
Draw Out the Defender
H Hamdouchi vs M Bezold, 1999  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Two sacs and a rook-queen combo follows
M Brodsky vs J Maiwald, 1994  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 38 moves, 1-0
Rook first---not the queen. Rook sacs then mate
H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
Weak back rank proves fatal
S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001  (A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1
Kashdan punishes Euwe's blunder
Kashdan vs Euwe, 1932  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Rook sac and active queen does the trick
Macieja vs Rozentalis, 1999  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Black forces the win
O Sick vs S Gorelov, 1989  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
Black first deflects White's Queen then wins with a Rook-Queen
Sax vs Salov, 1989  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 34 moves, 0-1
White pins and wins
Kupreichik vs Sveshnikov, 1986  (B30) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
A poison rook attack
Anand vs Bareev, 1993  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
White strips away the defence with side rank attack
T Lanchava vs W Spoelman, 2005  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
White attacks the defending Queen
Shamkovich vs Tukmakov, 1970  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Using a pin, a fork, and back rank weakness
Zappa vs Crafty, 2005  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0
H-file Open Freeway
Sils vs L Schmid, 1971  (C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1
Black wins with rook sac
Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Black blows away White's Pawn protection
L Schmid vs Rossolimo, 1949  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
White removes the check with counter-attack
Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0
Rook-Queen f-file contol wins
J L Watson vs Z Fayvinov, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Tal Tactics
Kholmov vs Tal, 1949  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
Black attacks a weak back rank
Geller vs P Ostojic, 1969  (B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 28 moves, 0-1
White's positional queen-rook edge wins
Janowski vs Schlechter, 1899  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 1-0
Knight triggers queen-rook attack
M Hebden vs E Prie, 1984  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
Karpov traps white
V Iordachescu vs Karpov, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
Black's back rank weakness loses
Sasikiran vs D Rombaldoni, 2006  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0
Black uses a pin to win
J Parker vs N Pert, 1999  (A92) Dutch, 32 moves, 0-1
Decisive Rook-Queen pin
F Rada vs Kostal, 1942  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
With triple power on the g file Whites deflects & wins
V Tsarev vs V Malaniuk, 1989  (A81) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0
Knight sac with Rook-Queen attack wins
A Luczak vs Fedorowicz, 1979  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 44 moves, 0-1
Knight sac check with four more checks wins
Ivkov vs R Garcia, 1964  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 43 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs P Bakker, 1976  (A36) English, 52 moves, 1-0
White could have used the back rank weakness
D Norwood vs Gelfand, 1987  (A36) English, 41 moves, 0-1
Black breaks open game with lethal attack
O Gavrilov vs S Solovjov, 2005  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 0-1
White wins with pins
J Klinger vs Blatny, 1988  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
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