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).

Bishop’s Thread

Bishops usually find thread in narrow diagonals making them another important element in executing an attack. Strong players are looking at possibilities to make this happen even at the expense of heavy pieces. Anybody who could find the right move? Sjestov-Krovatkin (1997)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Re4! 2.fxR QxB 3.Ke3 Qxc+ 4.Rd3 Qc2 5.Qf1 Bb5 Resign. The attack of black is too much to defend.

Black Feast

The position shows the combination of four (4) black pieces attacking white’s king. Polvin- Krejcik (Wein, 1954)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Qxh2+ 2.KxQ Ng4+ 3.Kh1 Rh3+ 4. gxR Rh2 mate.

Double- Angled Pin

The game Madler-Uhlmann depicted black's powerful pin hidden in every angle of the position. Madler-Uhlmann (DDR, 1963)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Rh1+ 2.KxR (NxR is not possible due to Qxg2 mate) Qh3+3.Kg1 Qxg2 mate.

Intrusion

In this position, RxQ would be a normal move for black, however white’s Rb3 is a powerful reply rolling the pawn. What else can black do in this position? Giorgadzi-Kuindzi (USSR, 1973)

Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Rh5+ 2.BxR g5+mate.