33 f2-f3? Rd8xd5! reinforces pin against d4-knight, wins pawn Y Wang vs Carlsen, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 0-1 Ding Liren vs H Ni, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 35 moves, 1-0 Y Hou vs Ding Liren, 2009  (C11) French, 66 moves, 0-1 Ivanchuk loses a White game in a mere 24 moves due to cross-pin Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 24 moves, 0-1 21 Qd2-b4 pins attacked Black c5-knight to undefended e7-queen V Akobian vs J Becerra Rivero, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 41 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs Shirov, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0 Keres vs Sliwa, 1955  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 Anand vs Vaganian, 1995  (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1931  (E16) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1 42 Nf3xg5! Black e6-knight pinned as e8-rook lacks protection Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2009  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 1-0 31 Rd4xNe4! White b5-rook pins Black d5-pawn to undef h5-rook Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2009  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 33 Qa5xe5! White f1-rook pins f6-pawn to f7-,f8-flight squares Nakamura vs Ponomariov, 2009  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 S Zhigalko vs C Li, 2009  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 42 ... Re8-f8! White c5-bishop must block c8-rook from c3-sq Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2009  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1 23 ... h7-h5, 30 ... Re8xe3! exploit pins to squares near king Anand vs Carlsen, 2009  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1 38 ... Bb7xd5?? 39 Rd3-c3 pins d5-bishop to undefended d6-rook Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 70 moves, 1-0 31 ... Bh6xf4! e8-rook pins e3-pawn to e2-interference square Eljanov vs V Malakhov, 2009  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 0-1 32 ... Nd5-e3+!! White f2-pawn pinned against f1-mating square Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 J Szily vs Gligoric, 1948  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 21 moves, 0-1 M Ezat vs Mamedyarov, 2010  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 49 Nf4-e2 winning pin for White, 49 Nf4-d5?? drawing pin! Aronian vs Kotronias, 2010  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 36 ... Rf4-f1+! mates as White g2-bishop is *pinned* to g1-king So vs Giri, 2010  (C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 0-1 31 ... Nd3xf2! White c2-rook interposes d1, cannot protect f2 Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2010  (E15) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 28 Nd4-f5+! White b2-queen pins the Black f6-queen to g7-king Y Drozdovskij vs Karjakin, 2010  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 D E Cori Tello vs A Muzychuk, 2010  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0 Le Quang Liem vs Jobava, 2010  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 45 moves, 0-1 Mamedyarov vs Jobava, 2010  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 30 moves, 1-0 Koneru vs W Ju, 2010  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 60 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009  (B40) Sicilian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kamsky vs Gelfand, 2011  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 A Yusupov vs Shirov, 2012  (A48) King's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1 Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 Black cashes in on superior position with pin 31 ... Rc7-c1!-+ V Cmilyte vs A Muzychuk, 2012  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 0-1 Korchnoi vs M Udovcic, 1967  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0 Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2012  (E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0 Radjabov vs Navara, 2012  (D73) Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs K Stokke, 2006  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 39 moves, 1-0 20 Ne4xc5! Black d6-pawn pinned against undef b8-rook Mamedyarov vs T S Nguyen, 2013  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0 26 ... Bg7-g6 pin against king, 28 ... Kf7-g8 pin against undef I Videnova-Kuljasevic vs S Guramishvili, 2013  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1 23 Qg5-h6 threatens 24 Re6xg6+ h7xRg7 25 Qh6-h8# D Daulyte-Cornette vs V Korchagina, 2013  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0 28 Rb3-g3+! 1-0 Black f4-pawn is pinned to g4-checking square K Skold vs K Arnstam, 1963  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 28 moves, 1-0 17 ... Qb5-h5+! 0-1 White g4-pawn is pinned to the h4-mating sq J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1 26 Rf1xf6! Black e5-bishop shields/interposes e8-mating square M Illescas vs S Rachels, 1987  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave vs A Moiseenko, 2013  (B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 25 ... Bc6-d7 pins White e6-knight against undefended g4-bishop Mamedyarov vs S Shoker, 2013  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 28 ... c7-c6?? 29 Re1xe4! d6-knght pinned against undef d8-rook Mamedyarov vs Wei Yi, 2013  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 1-0 36 Nf5-d4! exploits Black d3-rook pinned to undefended b5-queen Giri vs Motylev, 2014  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0 Dubov vs Jakovenko, 2015  (E15) Queen's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1 36 Qh6-g7# is mate as Black f7-rook is pinned to the g8-king P Rout vs M Al Sayed, 2016  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0 TRADE FIRST AND THEN REINFORCE THE PIN T S Nguyen vs J Zhang, 2005 (B06) Robatsch, 24 moves, 1-0 52 games