Pinning.
F Schubert vs Schlechter, 1915  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1
Pinning.
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Pinning.
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Double attacks. Passed pawns.
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1920  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
Double attacks.
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929  (C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0
Double attacks.
Menchik vs Graf-Stevenson, 1934  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 0-1
Double attacks.
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1994  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 1-0
Unguarded men; Rook on open file.
J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1916  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 0-1
Unguarded men.
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Unguarded men.
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Destruction of a guard.
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Destruction of a guard.
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
Destruction of a guard.
J Schulz Sr vs Kostic, 1926  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
Illusory protection.
Bronstein vs W Winter, 1946  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
Illusory protection.
Keres vs Korchnoi, 1952  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 22 moves, 1-0
Illusory protection.
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967  (C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
Illusory protection.
Spassky vs A Ostl, 1990  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Discovered attacks.
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Discovered attacks.
Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Discovered attacks.
Alekhine vs Keres, 1935  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 37 moves, 1-0
Imprisonment of a Bishop (the "Indian" problem).
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1912  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1
Imprisonment of a Bishop.
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 56 moves, 1-0
Capture of the Queen after her penetration to b2/b7.
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Capture of the Queen after her penetration to b2/b7.
Anand vs Kasparov, 1991  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 29 moves, 1-0
Capture of the Queen after her penetration to b2/b7.
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 2005  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 43 moves, 1-0
The forcible exposure of the King. Weak IQP.
Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1873  (C41) Philidor Defense, 54 moves, 1-0
The forcible exposure of the King.
J Enevoldsen vs Nimzowitsch, 1933  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
The forcible exposure of the King.
Keres vs Reshevsky, 1937  (C88) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
The forcible exposure of the King.
Ivanchuk vs H Wang, 2012  (E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 28 moves, 1-0
Attack with the f-pawn.
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Attack along the f-file.
Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930  (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 31 moves, 0-1
Attack along the f-file.
Unzicker vs Tal, 1975  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 32 moves, 1-0
Attack on the point f7/f2.
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
Attack on the point f7/f2.
Spassky vs H Pfleger, 1979  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
The broken-up castled position.
Tarrasch vs Schwarzhaupt, 1884  (C41) Philidor Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
The broken-up castled position.
H Kleefstra vs Euwe, 1933  (A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
Attack along the g-file.
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
Attack along the g-file: Knight at f5/f4.
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
Knight sacrifice at g7/g2.
Tolush vs Kotov, 1945  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 1-0
Attack along the h-file.
W Winter vs Koltanowski, 1936  (E72) King's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
Attack along the h-file.
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1994  (B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Attack along the h-file.
M Mansour vs U Flanders, 2006  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0
The point h3/h6 as a target for attack.
E Liubarski vs V Soultanbeieff, 1928  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1
Attack on h7/h2 with Queen and Bishop.
P Trifunovic vs Bogoljubov, 1951 (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
Attack on h7/h2 with Queen and Bishop.
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Bishop sacrifice at h7/h2.
Colle vs J J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Bishop sacrifice at h7/h2.
Spassky vs Geller, 1965  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
Bishop sacrifice at h7/h2.
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Two Bishops against castled position.
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Two Bishops against castled position.
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Two Bishops against castled position.
NN vs Tarrasch, 1915  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1
Some possible dangers of castling on the Queen's side.
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
Some possible dangers of castling on the Queen's side.
Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0
Some possible dangers of castling on the Queen's side.
Chandler vs Gulko, 1991  (C41) Philidor Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
Smothered mate.
Tarrasch vs Kolb, 1894  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
Smothered mate.
Unzicker vs O Sarapu, 1970  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Smothered mate.
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Mate on the back rank: insufficient guard of the base.
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
Mate on the back rank: insufficient guard of the base.
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Mate on the back rank: insufficient guard of the base.
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922  (B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0
Mate on the back rank: insufficient guard of the base.
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Mate on the back rank: insufficient guard of the base.
I Larsen vs Graf-Stevenson, 1939  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 0-1
Perpetual check.
P S Leonhardt vs Tarrasch, 1920  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Perpetual check.
Alekhine vs A J Mesiroff, 1933  (B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rook on open file and 7th rank. Good Knight vs bad Bishop.
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Rook on open file and 7th rank.
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Passed pawn: blockade.
Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 90 moves, 0-1
Passed pawn.
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Passed pawn.
Alekhine vs N E Schwartz, 1926  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 54 moves, 1-0
Passed pawn(s).
Spassky vs T Ghitescu, 1967  (A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Passed pawn(s).
Spassky vs J Penrose, 1969  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 49 moves, 1-0
Passed pawn.
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1
Passed pawn.
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2008  (D94) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Advanced pawns (with the two Bishops).
B Richter vs Tarrasch, 1888  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1
Advanced pawn.
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1921  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
The point c6/c3 as a target for attack.
Tarrasch / allies vs Paulsen / allies, 1888  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
The point c6/c3 as a target for attack.
Petrov vs R Grau, 1939  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
The point c6/c3 as a target for attack.
Alekhine vs M Mampel, 1944 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
The point b3/b6 as a target for attack: turning a flank.
Lasker vs Showalter, 1896  (C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0
The point b3/b6 as a target for attack: turning a flank.
J Enevoldsen vs Alekhine, 1939  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1
The "Plachutta" cutting point theme.
Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
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