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Undermining (also known as Removal of the Guard) is a chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 tactic
Chess tactic

In chess, a tactic refers to a short sequence of moves which limits the opponent's options and may result in tangible gain. Tactics are usually contrasted to Chess strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding....
 in which a defensive piece is captured, leaving one of the opponent's pieces undefended or underdefended. The opponent has the unpalatable choice between recapturing or saving the underdefended piece. When using this tactic, however, one should keep in mind that the opponent can sometimes sacrifice the piece whose defence is being undermined before capturing the piece which just took the defender.

Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess International Grandmaster. He was Classical World Chess Championship 2000 from 2000 to 2006, and undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007....
-Topalov
Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian chess International Grandmaster and former FIDE world chess champion.Topalov became the FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005....
 in the seventh round of the 2004 Linares chess tournament
Linares chess tournament

The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Ja?n Province, Spain of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held....
 reached the diagrammed position with White to play.






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Undermining (also known as Removal of the Guard) is a chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 tactic
Chess tactic

In chess, a tactic refers to a short sequence of moves which limits the opponent's options and may result in tangible gain. Tactics are usually contrasted to Chess strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding....
 in which a defensive piece is captured, leaving one of the opponent's pieces undefended or underdefended. The opponent has the unpalatable choice between recapturing or saving the underdefended piece. When using this tactic, however, one should keep in mind that the opponent can sometimes sacrifice the piece whose defence is being undermined before capturing the piece which just took the defender.

Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess International Grandmaster. He was Classical World Chess Championship 2000 from 2000 to 2006, and undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007....
-Topalov
Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian chess International Grandmaster and former FIDE world chess champion.Topalov became the FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005....
 in the seventh round of the 2004 Linares chess tournament
Linares chess tournament

The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Ja?n Province, Spain of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held....
 reached the diagrammed position with White to play. The black knight on a4 is defended only by the black pawn on b5. White undermined the knight with 1.Bxb5. The game continued 1... Rxb5, 2.Rxa4, with a net material gain of a pawn for White.