Shootout

I like watching FICSers do battle... it's 'everyman' Chess. Here's one I just saw that nicely illustrates compounding tactical themes one upon another.

smallblackcat(1967) vs Juffi(2007E)
Position after 19. ... Nc4

20. Be4 pinning the unprotected Knight to the Rook. 20. ... Ncb6 21. Ba5 aiming to remove the defender. The Knight is not quite overloaded yet, but Black is teetering on the brink. 21. ... Rab8 the target of the pin removes itself from the line of fire to support the defense. 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Bc6 simultaneously discovering an attack on Be7 while taking aim at it's defender. Black can only defend through counter-attack 23. ... Rec8 the mutually unprotected Bishops allow White to harvest his first fruit. 24. Bxb5 now Rc2 immediately, or axb5, Rxe7 Rc2 might be Black's best, he decides to try and shoot it out instead. 24. ... Bf6 25. Bxa6

Position after 25. Bxa6

25. ... Bxb2 26. Rab1 with a two-fold attack against Bb2 and Rc8. 26. ... Rc2 27. Bd3 renewing the two-fold attack. 27. ... Rc3 again attempting a defense by counter-attack 28. Rxb2 Resigns. After 28. ... Rxd3, 29. Rxb6 wins the Knight because the Rook at b8 is overloaded defending both it and the weak back rank.