Devastating Chess Tactics
by CCM Holland Mills

Line Opening
    Fischer-Myagmarsuren Sousse 1967

    Taimanov-Petrosian Zurich 1953
Decoy
The decoy forces an opposing piece to a square
where it is then attacked with decisive effect.
A rarity, the decoy is invariably spectacular.
    Réti-Tartakower Vienna 1910

    Schiffers-Chigorin St Petersburg 1897

    Mills-joe8813 blitz 2014


When faced with dire circumstances forcing the draw is no vice:
    Mills-Churkina ICCF 2020

The Double Attack

The Pin
    Oskam-Euwe The Hague 1919

Deflection
    Rest of the World-Karpov 1996

    Botvinnik-Keres Moscow 1966

Line Blocking
    Milos-Yrjola Salonika 1984

    Portisch-Johannessen Havana 1966

Loose Piece
    Bernstein-Capablanca Moscow 1914

    Parker-Pert Birmingham 1999

Trapped Piece
    Tal-Uhlmann Herceg Novi blitz 1970

    Steinitz-Bird London 1866

Notes 19jun2025
The limitations of the lichess "viewer" introduces some repetition and silliness such as "1/2-1/2 wins."
The examples are formatted with instruction in mind; along with the viewer limitations, historical accuracy suffers as a consequence.
For example, Myagmarsuren resigns after 31. Qxh7+, Chigorin misses the combination, joe8813 doesn't take the rook.