Pretty mate
J Maiwald vs R Felgaer, 2004  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 0-1
So what the hell happened here??
S Kalinitschew vs Blatny, 1989  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Pinning a queen with a queen
Y Sivan vs J Lundvik, 2001  (C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
Another pinned queen
R Swinkels vs C Bauer, 2007  (B27) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Mutual queen trap
De Beaurevoir vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1798  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
30...fxe6!
Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
All Black moves from 10. to 18. are for queen trap
S Sievers vs D Frolyanov, 2007 (A14) English, 44 moves, 0-1
17.e5!
R Palliser vs P K Wells, 2009  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Fortress
Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
And another pinned queen...
V Mikenas vs Aronin, 1957  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 33 moves, 0-1
19.Nc6+
E Kengis vs Andersson, 1997  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
YAPQ
V Nenarokov vs A Smorodsky, 1924  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Nice tactical shot
R Ibrahimov vs N Mamedov, 2009 (E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1
7...0-0!!
G Tringov vs R Filchev, 1962  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1
Yet another pinned queen
Shirov vs Bareev, 1994  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
And another
Shumov vs Winawer, 1875  (C48) Four Knights, 34 moves, 1-0
A somewhat more complicated queen pin
N Sorokin vs S von Freymann, 1933  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
CG seems to like these for daily puzzles
Alapin vs Alekhine, 1914  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1
Multiple pin themes, including you guessed what
A Volchok vs R Kreslavsky, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
One guess
G Neumann vs V Knorre, 1866  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
Another
N Bloch vs P Milbers, 1970  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
One more
Gligoric vs Ljubojevic, 1976  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Here we go again
F Sideifzade vs Psakhis, 1979 (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 55 moves, 1-0
They always fall for it...
N Umudova vs T Lanchava, 2007  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 19 moves, 1-0
The original Hypnotoad game (anst)
Smeets vs Carlsen, 2010  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 0-1
9...Bxf5 - can you see the pin?
S Kalugin vs Kuzubov, 2004  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
See kibitzing
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen trap
Z Domnitz vs Pachman, 1973  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1
Fork
O Sundstrom vs D Holm, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Pawn center
D Howell vs P H Nielsen, 2010  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Ouch
R Maciol vs D Gormally, 2010  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 32 moves, 0-1
See Benzol's comment
A Matanovic vs O Sarapu, 1967  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Multi-piece zugzwang
Aronian vs Jakovenko, 2010  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0
27...b4!!
S Voitsekhovsky vs Kupreichik, 2001 (B56) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1
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