Why do we play chess? We play chess to hunt opponent’s king. You don’t need to learn lot of theories, endgames, openings, if you just know how to hunt king and if you able to deliver checkmate that’s it. In today’s post we will learn some of techniques where we see how attack begins on the king. Lets watch these examples and try to remember ideas from these rather than variations or moves.

Game Tal, Mikhail vs NN

Opening: alekhine Defense, Four Pawn attack [B03]

[Event "England simul"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1973.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O c5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. c5 N6d7 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxg4 Bxc5 16. Rxf7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Sveshnikov vs Ivanov

Opening Two Knights [C56]

[Event "Cheliabinsk"] [Site "?"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"] [Black "Ivanov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ng5 Be6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Rxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Bxd5 Nd8 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe5 Nf7 14. Nxc7+ Kf8 15. Qxh8+ Nxh8 16. Bh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Lasker vs Sparrow & Dikus

Opening: Scotch Game [C45]



[Event "Chicago"] [Site "?"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lasker, Edward"] [Black "Sparrow & Dikus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1922.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bf3 Qc4 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. Rxb7 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxf6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Fischer, Robert J vs Dely, Peter

Opening: Sicilian Defense, Sozin attack [B88]

[Event "Skopje"] [Date "1967"] [White "Fischer, Robert J"] [Black "Dely, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4 Qa5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f5 Qb4 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qa4+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Fischer, Robert J vs Fine, Reuben

Opening: Evans Gambit Accepted [C52]



[Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Fischer, Robert J"] [Black "Fine, Reuben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 Qxh4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 17. Qg3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Georgiev vs Larion

Opening: Sicilian Nadjrof [B98]



[Event "Braila"] [Site "?"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Larion, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B98"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 Be7 14. g6 b4 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Bh3+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

I hope that you learned king hunt ideas from these games and you will use in your own games.