Alternatively, it may travel up the board, often involved in a mating attack against the opposing king.
[3][4] In contrast, Wilhelm Steinitz, often known as the father of modern chess, was renowned for his maxim that "the king is a fighting piece".
[5][6] Dutch chess historian and author Tim Krabbé has documented over one hundred such games.
[2] Because of the rarity of such tactics, those that reap rewards for the attacking player often have brilliancy prizes bestowed upon them.
[7][8] Perhaps the most famous in recent history,[9] where Nigel Short defeated Jan Timman in Tilburg in 1991, was voted as one of the hundred greatest chess games in a list compiled by master Graham Burgess, and grandmasters John Nunn and John Emms.