Very good thread! I was thinking about the same subject today.
Themes of attacks that I can think of:
1) 150 attack: attacking kingside fianchetto by castling on the opposite side. Playing h4-h5 to open up the castle. (Play g4 ...etc if necessary). Combined with trading the dark squared bishop by bringing the queen to h6.
2) English attack: opposite side castling by both sides without fianchetto. f3, g4, h4 with a pawn storm on the king side.
3) same side castling by both sides(kingside): play f4-f5
4) king in centre: open the centre and put the rook on open file.
5) kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto: put queen on g file and bishop on h6 or f6.
6) kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto : put queen on h file to attack the h7 square
7) kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto: queen on h7 diagonal paired with a bishop battery or horse on g4.
8) bishop pinning the f7 pawn and queen attacking g6 pawn on kingside castle.
9) same side castling by both sides without fisnchetto: move king to h1, play rook to g1 and play g4 intending to open the file.
10) castling on queen side to take advantage of open lines on kingside to attack opponents kingside castle.
11) isolated Queens pawn: blockade with a horse and attack with pieces. Trade the Queens.
12) backward pawn on semi open file: attack with rooks and minor pieces. Trade the Queens.
Themes of defense:
1) 150 attack: Play h6 to protect g6. Put king on h7.
2) English attack: counter attack on queenside.
3)( king in centre) -> when the centre is opened, castle. Or keep the centre closed
4) (kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto: put queen on g file and bishop on h6 or f6. ) -> move king to h8.
5) (kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto : put queen on h file to attack the h7 square. ) -> knight on f6 or play g6.
6) (kingside castle by opponent without fianchetto: queen on h7 diagonal paired with a bishop battery or horse on g4.) -> put knight on f6.
7) (bishop pinning the f7 pawn and queen attacking g6 pawn on kingside castle.) -> move the king to h8 or h7.
8) horse on f1 protects h2.
9) bishop on f1 protects g2.
10) horse on e1 protects g2.
Others can add more ...
When playing blitz some opponents perform a type of attack that fits into a pattern. For example, h4-h5 to open file 'h' then play the rooks in the file, etc.
I'm just quoting this because it's the only topic I know.
So I come through this post asking for references (videos or books) that present these varied themes of attack.
By attack themes I am not referring to tactical themes or general openning plans nor philosophical plans. But concrete plans which it is possible to reproduce in any position with the same characteristics. Something mate patterns, but a little more strategic.
We are in the information age and it is not very productive to try to create your own ideas, so it is interesting to get the ideas of the most intelligent people and reproduce them later: after all, that's how we studied at university and high school, right?
Still, I do not want to study as a theorist, just like in a university of physics. But just like a technician: learn the tool A and use the A tool like situation, learn the B tool and use in B-like situations.
After watching some videos of Brazilian GMs I discovered that this is how GMs study, they learn 'types of position' and how to play them. And they are far less theoretical than they seem, they are technical. The books that pass to beginners are essentially theoretical and generic, but not all are able to apply. However, when you study practical subjects then it is easier to apply because it is like learning a physics formula that applies in cases where motion is rectilinearly uniformly varied, it is a tool.
And you play and: 'hey, that postion I need use that tool, I need just calculate moves, but the tool is the that one...'