Black mates because White's pieces on Knight's squares
W G Doubleday vs Kudrin, 2004  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 30 moves, 0-1
Creating Bishop forks
S Kriventsov vs A Stripunsky, 2004  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 40 moves, 0-1
All for the Royal Fork!
J Westman vs E Havansi, 1964  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
BxR!
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Back Rank + Knight Fork
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Ignoring forks doesn't work!
A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 56 moves, 0-1
Poisoned Pawn opens file and tactics
Short vs Timman, 1994  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Weakened Pawn Shield instigates a lovely Knight Fork
G Barbero vs U Rueetschi, 1987  (A56) Benoni Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Delaying the tactic for perfect win
Sveshnikov vs S Webb, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1
Pieces on Diagonal vs Pieces on Knight Squares
R Antonio vs T Dao, 2005  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Ps + N + R + Q + light B
S K Bru vs Movsesian, 2001  (A16) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Incorrect or Unfortunate
NN vs E Canal, 1935  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
How wrong can ...Ng6 be?
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
Pin, Counter-Pin and Double Attack!!
V Makogonov vs V Chekhover, 1937  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1
Double Pin!!
K B Richardson vs D Andreev, 1977  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 39 moves, 0-1
Near and Far
Nakamura vs E Inarkiev, 2003  (E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1
All because if Q protects f7, it falls prey to N fork!
O Bernstein vs J Metger, 1907  (A22) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Creating Aesthetic Pins and CrossPins (B,R,Q)
Szabo vs Benko, 1951  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
B move ends the illusion of safe back rank
Topalov vs Morozevich, 2002  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0
Back Rank Mate (N helps) + Fork
K Kokolias vs K Moutousis, 2005 (C54) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 0-1
Amazing!
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, 1967  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0
A Pleasing Refutation by World Champion! (N up)
H Stefansson vs Carlsen, 2007  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
N on e5 and P on g5 control f7 forever
Szabo vs A Bisguier, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
Amazing Clearance Sacrifice for Mate
Karpov vs Csom, 1977  (A16) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Sacrifice Foreseeing a Pin on Defender
Chiburdanidze vs M Sharif, 1995  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
P move takes all squares away from Q, strengthens fork and mate
Reti vs S von Freymann, 1912  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
N and B together blocking 7th rank enable Q sac
Blackburne vs Mackenzie, 1882  (C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 0-1
B, N, Q on diagonal leading to B+N mate
E Delmar vs NN, 1898  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Creating Q fork
K Honfi vs Kholmov, 1962  (C46) Three Knights, 36 moves, 0-1
Exploiting Back Rank and using B forks
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003  (B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
Ftacnik vs Seirawan, 1990  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
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