29 Rb7xf7+!! : 29 - Kg7xRf7 is a pin, 29 - Qf3xRf7 is discovery Carlsen vs Anand, 2008  (A20) English, 48 moves, 1-0 27 Bd4xg7! Black g6-queen,g8-king cannot defend g7 due to pin H Kramer vs J van Oosterwijk Bruyn, 1946  (A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1-0 30 ... Be3+! 31 Kxe3?? White king caught in mating net Z Kozul vs Topalov, 2000  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1 22 Nxg4! snatches a pawn since 22 ... Qxg4?? gets queen trapped Tal vs H Pohla, 1977  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 14 Qh6+!! Black g7-king cannot go to h6 due to mate but must Keres vs Verbac, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 15 Nxe4! Black e7-queen cannot go to e4 due to skewer 16 Bd3 Petrosian vs Kupreichik, 1976  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0 40 Bg6+! Black f7-king not defend g6 due to pawn fork 41 f5+ B Larsen vs J Penrose, 1969  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 44 moves, 1-0 37 ... Bd5-b3+! White c2-king can be trapped after 38 Kc2xBb3 M Gurevich vs Leko, 2007  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 53 moves, 0-1 28 Rf6xe6+! Black e7-king is mated if he takes White e6-rook Fischer vs W Hook, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0 33 Nf6! Black g7-king does not defend f6, 33 ... Kg7xNf6?? Qe5# Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 33 Bd5-f7! e8-queen keeps d5-bishop out of f7 at cost of tempo Mamedyarov vs Ivanchuk, 2007  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0 78 ... Be7xc5+!! game is drawn if White b4-king captures on c5 Adams vs Carlsen, 2007  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 83 moves, 1/2-1/2 22 ... Rc2xf2! White g1-king cannot capture, exposed to skewer Alatortsev vs Capablanca, 1935  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1 38 ... c4-c3+! White b2-king cannot go to c3 due to knight fork Vaganian vs Short, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1 13 Rh1xh7! Black g8-king does not defend the h7-square,pawn Seirawan vs M Wiedenkeller, 1979  (A17) English, 36 moves, 1-0 Grischuk vs Anand, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 102 moves, 1-0 26 Bh5xf7+! Black e8-king is mated if he defends the f7-square Anand vs J Ye, 1989  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 25 Rd6xc6+!! Black c7-king will be mated if takes on c6-square Keres vs L Schmid, 1961  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 32 Be4-g6+! Black f7-king is mated if it defends the g6-square Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 20 ... Ne5xf3! White g2-king will be exosed to queen fork on f3 Van Wely vs Aronian, 2008  (D80) Grunfeld, 34 moves, 0-1 19 QxBf6+!! Black g7-king cannot recapture due to mate threat Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 23 Rf6-f7+! Black e7-king does not attack the White e6-bishop Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 49 - h4! 50 Kxh4?? Rh2# White king can't defend h4 due to mate Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 0-1 38 Kh1xRh2 king cannot defend g3-square like h2-pawn replaces Kotov vs Geller, 1949  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 40 moves, 0-1 31 ... Bh4xNg3+! White f2-king is mated if he goes to g3-square E Alekseev vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 45 ... Qc7xc3+! White c2-king misplaced (exposed) on c3-square Jakovenko vs Shirov, 2007  (B33) Sicilian, 53 moves, 0-1 19 ... Nf3xe5! White e4-king cannot line up with undef a1-rook Smeets vs Adams, 2008  (C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1 26 Bg6-h7++! Black g8-king will be trapped,mated on h7-square Keres vs Geller, 1962  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0 34 Rg6-h6+! Black h7-king does not defend h6-square due to mate Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 37 moves, 1-0 10 Nc3xd5! Black f6-knight defends d7-knight; d8-Q,e8-K do not Ivanchuk vs X Bu, 2008  (A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0 31 Rd7xf7! Black g8-king doesnt defend f7-square attacked twice Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 50 e3-e4+ Black d5-king easily driven off from loose c4-knight Morozevich vs Smeets, 2009  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0 41 ... Rf6xf3! White g2-king mated if His Majesty defends f3-sq V Chuchelov vs Shirov, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1 26 Bb3xf7+!! Black g8-king cannot defend f7, walks into skewer Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942   (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 28 moves, 1-0 34 ... Rg4xf4+! White f3-king cannot defend, makes skewer align Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916   (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1 35 f4xe5! winning fork as 35 ... Qd6xe5?? 36 Be3-f4 traps queen M Blau vs J H Donner, 1958  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 39 ... Rd3xh3+!! White h2-king will be mated if he defends h3 I Morovic Fernandez vs Rublevsky, 2009  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1 45 Bh4-f6+! 1-0 g7-king does not protect f6-square, 46 Qb8-e5# M Arabidze vs M Korneva, 2012  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 38 games