Some patterns you should know
- Rook on eighth rank
- Rook on seventh rank
- Italian diagonal
- Long diagonal
- Classic diagonal
- Open f-file
- Open g-file
- Open h-file
- Knight on e5
- Knight on f5
- Knight on g5
a1h8
[Event "attack: diagonal - a1-h8 'long"]
[Site "attack: diagonal - a1-h8 'lon"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Robert J"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Qc2 Re8 7. d3 Bf8 8. Nf3
a5 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rg1 Rad8 15.
Ne4 Qf7 16. g4 g6 17. Rg3 Bg7 18. Rag1 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nh4 Nd7 21. Ne4 Nf8
22. Nf5 Be6 23. Nc5 Ne7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 25. g5 Nf5 26. Rf3 b6 27. gxf6+ Kh8
28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. d4 exd4 30. Bc4 d3 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Rd6 33. Qc4 Ne6 34.
Be5 Rd8 35. h4 Nd6 36. Qg4 Nf8 37. h5 Ne8 38. e4 Rd2 39. Rh3 Kg8 40. hxg6 Nxg6
41. f4 Kf8 42. Qg5 Nd6 43. Bxd6+ 1-0
a2g8
[Event "attack: diagonal - a2-g8 'Ital"]
[Site "attack: diagonal - a2-g8 'Ita"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schiffers"]
[Black "Harmonist"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. a4 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Nf4 (14... Qf4) 15. Ng5 Neg6 16. Re8 Rxe8 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxe8 Ne2+ 19.
Kh1 Nxc1 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 (23... gxh6 24.
Qf7+ Kd6 25. Ne4#) 24. Qxg7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kd7 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Nf6+
1-0
b1h7
[Event "attack: diagonal - b1-h7 'clas"]
[Site "attack: diagonal - b1-h7 'cla"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Benko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 {The Bishop seems to
'bite on granite' but supports the f4-f5 break.} Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9.
Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd4 13. Qf2 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6 15. Qg3
Kh8 16. Qg4 c6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Bxd4 exd4 {[#] The stage is nearly set for
e4-e5, but it doesn't mate yet because of f7-f5} 19. Rf6 Kg8 20. e5 h6 21. Ne2
1-0
f1f8
[Event "attack: file - f1-f8 (Karlsbad"]
[Site "attack: file - f1-f8 (Karlsba"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann R"]
[Black "Tarrasch S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
b4 Bd6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. d3 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Be3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 axb4 15.
cxb4 O-O 16. Nc3 c6 17. h3 Qe7 18. Ne2 Bb8 19. Kh2 Ba7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Nfd4 Qd6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 {[#]} Nf4 25. Rf1 g6 26. R1xf4 exf4 27. e5
Qe7 28. Rf6 Kg7 29. d4 Bxd4 30. Bxf7 Bxe5 31. Qxg6+ 1-0
g1g8
[Event "attack: file - g1-g8 (Barmen)"]
[Site "attack: file - g1-g8 (Barmen)"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, A."]
[Black "Zukertort, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8.
cxd4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 f6 {
White has space and development, but Black doesn't mean to let him have open
lines.} 15. Kh1 Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Ng3 b5 18. Nf5 {[#]} b4 19. Rg1 Bb6 20. g4
Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. g5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qxd5 25. gxf6 Rd8 26. Rcg1 {
[#] The Queen's-side and centre are rotting away, but it almost doesn't
matter because of White's attack on the g-file.} Kh8 27. fxg7+ Kg8 28. Qh6 Qd6
{[#] And a final flourish:} 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. f6+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh3+
Kg8 33. Rh8# {(applause)} 1-0
h1h8
[Event "attack: file - h1-h8 (remove d"]
[Site "attack: file - h1-h8 (remove "]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Van Mindeno, NLD."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 h6 {[#] White has an advantage in space. The
following Bishop offer is well known, sacrificing a piece to open the h-file
against the King.} 11. Nd5 hxg5 12. Nxe7+ {but that's the mark of the master:
exchanging a defender of the King's-side, when the recapture hxg5 will remove
the other} Qxe7 13. hxg5 Nxe4 14. Rh5 Qe6 15. Rdh1 {Threatening mate.} f5 {[#]
how does White finish? The three pieces that can hit the f7 square and
threaten mate all seem stymied (g5-g6, Nf3-e5, Qd4-c4)...} 16. Ne5 (16. g6 Qxg6
17. Qc4+ d5) 16... dxe5 17. g6 {[#] A marvelously energetic display.} (17. g6
Qxg6 18. Qc4+) 1-0
Ne5
[Event "attack: knight on e5 (Budapest"]
[Site "attack: knight on e5 (Budapes"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury"]
[Black "Winawer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O {[#]}
8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. c5
Bf8 15. Ne5 {[#]} Bxc5 16. Bxh6 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 gxh6 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Qxh6 f6 20.
f4 Re7 21. Ng6 1-0
Nf5
[Event "attack: knight on f5"]
[Site "attack: knight on f5"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "yates"]
[Black "rubinstein, budapest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 {I don't know this line, but the active ...Bc5 looks inconsistent with this
solid defensive move} 9. Rd1 Qe7 (9... Bg4) 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bg5 Nd8 12. Nh4 {[#]
So often the f5 square is the forward post for a King's-side attack in the
open games with e4/e5.} Ne6 13. Nf5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxe6 {[#] resigns}
fxe6 16. Qg4+ Qg6 17. Ne7+ 1-0
8th
[Event "attack: rank - eighth (cr)"]
[Site "attack: rank - eighth (cr)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nielsen"]
[Black "Bohm, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O {[#]} Bb6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a4 a6 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. a5 Ba7 14. Bd5 Nge7
{[#]} 15. Ra2 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rad2 Rb8 {[#]} 18. Rd8 Bg4 $2 {(shock? or,
in this correspondence game, more likely a desire to get it over with in an
attractive way?)} (18... Ng6 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Qc2 $18 (20. Qxb8 Bxb8 21. Rxc8
Ba7 22. Ra8 Bc5 23. Nbd2 {is promising but unnecessary})) 19. Qxb8 1-0
7th
[Event "attack: rank - seventh (Bad Ne"]
[Site "attack: rank - seventh (Bad N"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bastian, Herbert"]
[Black "Eng, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14.
Rxe7 Bxd3 15. Rae1 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nc8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. R7e5 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qd7 20.
Ng5 Nd6 21. Qb4 {[#] Black cannot resist...} f6 {...but this fatally weakens
the seventh rank.} 22. Re7 Qb5 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Re7+ Rf7 (24... Kg8 25. Qh4)
25. Rxf7+ Nxf7 26. Ne6+ 1-0
