Bolt

The position looks balance for white however black’s next move is a bolt that he can’t handle. Lederman-Pytel (Le Havre, 1977)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Qf3! White resigns. (2.QxQ RxR+ mate) (2.NxB QxQ 3.bxQ RxR+).

Ultimate Attack

This game demonstrates the role of the black’s king in aid of attack. Mastilovich-Belic (Yugoslavia, 1976)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Kg7+! 2.RxR Kh6 3. White resign. BxN+ mate follows.

Connecting Assault

White is threatening Qc8+ mate with a double attack to black’ unprotected knight. Find a connecting assault to break white king’s quite solid defense. Inchenko-Siusina (USSR, 1971)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Qg1+! Surprise (2.RxQ Nf2 mate) 2. KxQ Rgg2+ 3.Kh1 Rh2+ 4. Kg1 Rbg2+ mate.

Narrow Road

In the given position, the idea of black’s bishop penetrating the narrow road via Bg5-h4 makes this game wonderful. Yudovich-Katalimov (USSR, 1968)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Bg5! (Threatening h4+, Qh1+ mate) 2.h4 Bxh4+ 3.KxB Qh1+ 4.Kg3 h4+ mate. Fantastic!.

Ultimate Pin

Even a high caliber player Sammy Reshevsky fell into this classic tactic demonstrated by black. Reshevsky-Ivanovic (Skopje, 1976)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Qxh2+! 2.KxQ Rh4+ 3.Kg1 Ng3 White resign.

Intersection

Gaprindashvili is women’s world champion. In this game playing black against Levitina, she showed her prowess with a brilliant combination. Levitina-Gaprindashvili (USSR, 1979)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. e4! 2.Qxe4 Re1 Resign. Threatening mate either in e-file and h1-a8 diagonal (3.QxQ Re1 mate) (3.Qd4+ Bf6+-)

File and Diagonal Attack

This game is a classic example of a double attack executed in both file and diagonal. High caliber players don’t missed such opportunity as in the given position. Halbbauer-Mandel (BRD, 1952)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Bf2! 2.BxB Qe4 Resign. (2.RxB Qg1 mate) (2. Qf3 BxB 3. QxB Qg2+ mate).