In chess terminology, Undermining stands for a chess tactic in which the piece offering defense is captured thereby leaving the pieces of the opponent unguarded. In chess, Attack and Defense are the two prime moves. Any decent chess player will know that golden rule of Chess that it is as important to defend as it is to attack the opponent. One of the interesting games of the Linares Chess Tournament in the year 2004 played by Kramnik and Topalove stands an interesting example of the most diagrammed positional time play of Undermining in the history of chess.