36 Rxg6!, exploiting the Black f7-pawn pinned to the 7th rank Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1977  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0 38 Nf5! g6xf5 opens the 6th rank for 40 Rd6-h6 Lautier vs I Sokolov, 1995  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0 f2-pawn meets ... QxQ by BLOCKING 2nd rank, cannot DEFEND e3 D Couche vs O Renet, 2001  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1 Black's f7-pawn blocks the 7th rank, cannot also defend g6-pawn Yermolinsky vs T Batchimeg, 2006  (A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0 20 Qg6! since Black f7-pawn cannot block 7th rank and defend g6 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961  (E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 30 Qxg6+! Black f7-pawn cannot block the 7th rank and defend g6 G Neumann vs Mayet, 1866  (C51) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0 White g2-pawn cannot block 2nd rank and defend f3 ... Ne5-f3! Gligoric vs Keres, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 35 moves, 0-1 52 ,,, Rxd5! White f3-bishop can't block 3rd rank and defend d5 Shirov vs Areshchenko, 2006  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2 21 ... Rg8+! White f7-bishop is fully pinned to the 7th rank Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1 24 Rxh6+! Black g7-pawn blocks 7th rank cannot defend h6-square Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0 23 ... Bxe4! White d3-pawn cannot block 3rd rank and defend e4 V Dydyshko vs Navara, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 34 Ng5! Black f6-pawn blocks 6th rank, cannot defend g5-square Petrosian vs G Borisenko, 1964  (A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0 17 ... Qh5+! White g4-pawn cannot block 4th rank, defend h5 J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1 33 ... Rxh5+! White g4-bishop cannot block 4th rank, defend h5 L Galego vs S Gordon, 2006  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 29 .. Qxh3+! White g2-pawn blocks second rank, cannot defend h3 Gunsberg vs Janowski, 1902  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1 55 Ba6! Black b7-pawn blocks 7th rank, cannot defend a6-square Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0 17 ... Rxf2! White e3-bishop blocks 3rd rank, cannot defend f2 Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 32 Rxd6! Qxd6 33 Nxf5! Black g6-pawn must block 6th rank Bacrot vs A Skripchenko, 2006  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0 40 Rxf7! Black d6-knight blocks 6th rank to prevent Qf6xQb6 Leko vs Carlsen, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0 34 ... Rf1+! White g2-queen blocks 2nd rank to h2-mating square Sasikiran vs Topalov, 2007  (E92) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1 29 Rd1-d7+! exploits pin of Black e6-bishop to the f6-square A Arulaid vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1949  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0 33 ... Qf6-f4+ gains 4th rank for lateral pin against c4-queen Jakovenko vs Carlsen, 2007  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 41 moves, 0-1 28, 29 Ng7xe6+! White h7-queen pins f7-pawn to loose d7-square Karpov vs D Uddenfeldt, 1972  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0 30 Nh4-f5! White h6-queen pins Black e6-pawn to unde c6-queen Yurtaev vs Gulko, 1994  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 25 - Qe5xRg5! Black f3-rook pins White e3-bishop to d3-queen A Riazantsev vs Svidler, 2008  (E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 25 moves, 0-1 48 Qe5xe6! Black d7-pawn pinned along 7th rank by White pigs Kasparov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2002  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 50 moves, 1-0 25 Bg5-f6!! White f7-rook pins Black e7-pawn,g7-bishop to rank Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 23 Rc1xQc7 creates devastating pin of Black f7-pawn to g7-king Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0 31 g4--g5! threat is reinforce lateral pin of f7-pawn to h7-roo Shirov vs Topalov, 2008  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 50 ... Nd5-e3! f2-pawn pinned to g2-queen by d2-rook,c2-queen Yusupov vs Topalov, 1993  (A48) King's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1 26 Qh4xBh5+! White d6-rook pins Black g6-pawn to the h6-square Duras vs Olland, 1907  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0 37 Rc4-c7! reinforces on Black g7-bishop pinned to h7-square Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2009  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 52 moves, 0-1 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1931  (E16) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1 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 J Szily vs Gligoric, 1948  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 21 moves, 0-1 48 .. Qg4-h3+! White g2-bishop pinned against h2-mating squares Fridman vs Lenderman, 2010  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 0-1 27 ... Qg5xh6?? White b6-rook pins Black g6-pawn for 28 Nd4xBf5 Jobava vs Z Almasi, 2010  (E12) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0 Adams vs N Zhukova, 2012  (B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0 28 Nd4xf5! T Kosintseva vs Kosteniuk, 2012  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 29 moves, 1-0 39 .. Re5-a5+! Black f4-rook pins White b4-pawn to a4-mating sq O Aharon vs Z Rahman, 2014  (B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 0-1 24 Qc3-f6+! 1-0 as Black g7-pawn interposes f7-sq from h7-rook L Machado vs K McDonald, 2016  (A80) Dutch, 24 moves, 1-0 41 games