Multiple Pins
Bird vs Steinitz, 1868  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Central Pawn Advance--Attack on the Royal Family
F Deacon vs Steinitz, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0
Flying Dragons
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
Kingside attack due to opponent's misplaced N
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Fishing Pole
M Lee vs B Wall, 2007  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Attack on uncastled King
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Rook's File Attack
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Attack-Defend-Counterattack
Chigorin vs Lasker, 1895  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Underpromotion
H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Back Rank Mate
Euwe vs Fischer, 1957  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Threats can be used to gain positional advantage
A Frydman vs S Zawadzki, 1935  (C48) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Enslavement--In Between Move
Benko vs Sawyer, 1964  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
Black moves his Queen out of defensive range
J Harnik vs J Mieses, 1936  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0
Pawn grab opens up lines of attack
Capablanca vs D W Pomeroy, 1909  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1
Bxf7+ sac declined
Marshall vs R Short, 1894  (C51) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
Rook fork
G Neumann vs Mayet, 1865  (C51) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0
Nxd7 Nsac, centermate
H Helms vs O Tenner, 1942  (C51) Evans Gambit, 13 moves, 1-0
Qsac -- Nxf2
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Holy cow, the 2 Bishops do it again!
P N Wallis vs NN, 1923  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Broken Castle
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A S Sergeev, 1924  (C15) French, Winawer, 20 moves, 1-0
King Side Mating Attack
J Johnson vs L Kaufman, 1979  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Rook File Attack
F Young vs Pillsbury, 1893  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Attack on f7
Englisch vs H Gifford, 1878  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0
Bxh7 Sac AKA Greek Gift
Pillsbury vs NN, 1899  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Q & R Sacs--2B+N Mate
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1
Kside attack--N&B sacs
F J Perez Perez vs Alekhine, 1943  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
Decoy
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0
Bxh7 greek gif t
Koltanowski vs NN, 1946  (B20) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1-0
Opening ate
D D van Geet vs W Versnel, 1950  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Opening Qsac--King Hunt
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Flank Attack(h)
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Bxf7
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
Nf7sac--King Hunt
Alekhine vs Von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Bxh7--another greek gift
Marshall vs Stodie, 1920  (B20) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Keeping the initiative--p nail--2R sac
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
Q sac-K hunt
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
epaulet-entombmevt mate
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Q Trapping
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Triple Sacrifice--Double B + N
E E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Knight vs. Bishop
M Gurevich vs Short, 1990  (C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 0-1
Attack and Counterattack
Van der Wiel vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1
K Chase Featuring Q's Zig Zag Maneuver
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 0-1
K & Q Alignment
Geller vs Petrosian, 1953  (C15) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 0-1
N vs. R
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
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