36 - Nh5xg3! White f2-queen,e1-rook > f4-bishop skewer on g3-sq Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (E97) King's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0 30 Re1xBe6! Black d4-rook,g7-king makes e6 a knight fork square Ivanchuk vs Svidler, 2008 (A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0 44 ... Re6-d6 makes knight fork alignment with f5, 45 Bd3xf5! Ivanchuk vs B Grachev, 2008  (B40) Sicilian, 47 moves, 1-0 31 Nc3-b5! Black d7-queen,e8-king > c6-pinning sq for e2-bishop Ivanchuk vs Grischuk, 2008  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 31 Qc2-d3? knight fork alignment White d3-queen + White h1-king Mamedyarov vs Anand, 2008  (B20) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1 14 - Qd8-c7? Black c7-queen,f6-bishop lined up for Nc3-d5 fork Anand vs J Ye, 1989  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 36 Rh5-e5! undef Black c7-rook + Black h8-king via e5-base Aronian vs Sutovsky, 2007  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 37 moves, 1-0 43 Qe4-d3? knight fork alignment White d3-queen + White g2-king Topalov vs Nisipeanu, 2007  (B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 0-1 20 ... Ne5-d3? alignment with d6-king makes d4 a forking square A David vs Rozentalis, 2008  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0 27 Qa2-a3! undefended d7-bishop + g7-king = e7-forking square Capablanca vs Euwe, 1931  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 38 ... Bb7xe4 White c2-rook,f3-queen lined up via e4-forking sq A Greenfeld vs C Daly, 2008  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 28 Nc3-e2 makes pawn fork alignment e2-knight + g2-knight J Pinter vs Nunn, 1988  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 46 moves, 0-1 16 Nf3xe5! Black e7-bishop + c7-queen makes c6 pawn fork square Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1927  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 37 moves, 1-0 44 ... Ba8-d5? makes knight fork alignment with Black g6-king E Alekseev vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 28 Rf2-c2? makes a knight fork alignment with White g2-king V Doroshkievich vs Tal, 1975  (E77) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1 15 Nd4-c6!! due to alignment of Black a8-rook,d7-queen,e8-king Salov vs J de la Villa Garcia, 1987  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0 25 Kg3-h1 makes White h1-king + h3-queen knight fork alignment A Aleksandrov vs Adams, 2002  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 35 moves, 0-1 35 ... Nd4-f3+! White e1-,h4-rooks are in knight fork alignment Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2007  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 0-1 27 - Nd3-f4+! exploits alignment White e2-queen + White g2-king F Bindrich vs Z Andriasian, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1 33 .. Re8-e6? makes a knight fork alignment with Black b7-queen Tal vs K Klaman, 1957  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 34 moves, 1-0 44 ... Kc5-d4? Black d4-king makes KFA with undef Black a1-rook Lasker vs Duras, 1909   (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 54 moves, 1-0 63 Qe2-e3? lines up with g1-king, creates b6-pinning square E Inarkiev vs Kasimdzhanov, 2008  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 86 moves, 0-1 16 Nd4-e6+! Black g5-queen + f8-king create e6-tactical base F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 32 Re1xNe5! Black d7-rook,f7-king make e5 a knight fork square Sutovsky vs Sakaev, 2001  (C14) French, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0 32 Rc8xNc6! Black c6-knight + Black f7-king = e5-tactical base R Mamedov vs S Feller, 2008  (C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0 22 Rc3xc4? Nd5-c3! alignment of White e2-queen + White d1-rook O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 34 Re1-e7! Black h7-king lined up with undef c8-rook via f5-sq Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1960  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 42 moves, 1-0 T Hillarp Persson vs So, 2009  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1 59 f4-f5?? White g5-king + h6-queen make e3 a skewering square Caruana vs Short, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 67 moves, 1-0 18 Qf3xf7+! Black c7-queen + g7-king makes e6-forking square Nunn vs S Swanson, 1974  (B06) Robatsch, 18 moves, 1-0 24 ... Qd6-d5? makes knight fork alignment with Black e8-king Botvinnik vs Robatsch, 1966  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0 20 Bd3xb5! Black d6-,a7-rooks make b5-base for White c3-knight Kramnik vs Short, 2008  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 52 .. Na5-b7?? lines up with Black f7-king making c7-forking sq Rubinstein vs Tarrasch, 1922  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 53 moves, 1-0 21 - Qd8xg5? lines up with Black e5-knight for fork 22 f3-f4!+- Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2007  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 42 Ke2xf3 Re8-f8+! pins White f7-queen to newly aligned f3-king Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2009  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1 39 Re3-e1? lines up with White h2-king to make f3-knight base I Morovic Fernandez vs Rublevsky, 2009  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1 29 Qf4-d2?! lines up with White g1-king to make f3-knight base Nisipeanu vs Giri, 2010  (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 0-1 Nakamura vs H Ni, 2009  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bareev vs M Tosic, 2010  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 26 ... Nf6-f7?? O'Kelly vs J H Donner, 1950  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 25 Qc1-c2?? creates a knight fork alignment with White g1-king P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 0-1 D E Cori Tello vs A Muzychuk, 2010  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0 32 ... Ne8-d6?! makes pawn fork alignment wth b6-rook, 34 Rc5!! Shulman vs Kamsky, 2010  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 31 ... Qc8-d7?? makes alignment with f7-king, makes e5 fork sq So vs Navara, 2011  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 34 moves, 1-0 63 Bf2-e1! Leko vs Shankland, 2011  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 0-1 17 Ra1-c1?? turns a2-,d3-squares into knight fork squars D Andreikin vs Ivanchuk, 2011  (B10) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 0-1 Loose e6-,e5-knights make e8-skewering square, 46 Ra2-a8+! +- Kamsky vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 1-0 38 Kh1-g2?? D Bocharov vs A Reshetnikov, 2011  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 0-1 V Belous vs H Pasalic, 2012  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0 g5-pinning sq D Andreikin vs Tomashevsky, 2013  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0 17 Rf1xf7+! 1-0 e6-sq must be defended because of g7-K & d8-Q Kmoch vs L Prins, 1940  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 17 moves, 1-0 D Harika vs A Rudolf, 2017  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 33 moves, 0-1 53 games