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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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