White to move and unguard the Queening square. J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 0-1 Textbook trebuchet H Voigt vs Lasker, 1892  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 82 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury vs A J Conen, 1899  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1 33. g3 and Marshall can only err. Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 White to move and give Black multiple passers Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 52 moves, 0-1 Authorities differ as to whether this is zugzwang or not, but… Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 Black to move and throw away the Knight Torre vs J Araiza Munoz, 1926  (A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0 45. ... Rc1! leaves Nimzo up a creek. Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 47. Kh2 leaves Treybal in a bind. B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0 Black to move and throw the Knight away Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov, 1961  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 60 moves, 1-0 46...e5 and White must start undefending. G G Haase vs O Sarapu, 1969  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1 68. b8=Q! and zugzwang ensues. R Calvo vs D Byrne, 1968  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 70 moves, 1-0 When White runs out of P moves, he must blunder NN-style. B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 White to move and lose J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1 Two of them: 22.Rae1! and 30.b4! Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 33. ... Qf3! L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976  (A43) Old Benoni, 33 moves, 0-1 When Black runs out of P moves, bye-bye Birdie! Tal vs S Saeed, 1985  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0 Blundering into a trebuchet A Beaver vs K Burnett, 1992  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 50 moves, 1-0 Which enemy Pawn(s) will you allow to promote? Anand vs Van Wely, 1997  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 134. ... Rc7! means White must throw away the passed P. S Baldazzi vs A Holmsten, 2001  (A16) English, 137 moves, 0-1 Even a fork attempt would simply blunder away the horse. P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 0-1 55. Kh6 and all moves for Black cost the Q and/or allow mate. D Kosic vs T Christensen, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 96...Kd5 and White must throw the Rook away. Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 96 moves, 0-1 38.e6 and his Grace has had it. Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1-0 White to move and allow unstoppable passers. Ivanchuk vs Y Wang, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 51 moves, 0-1 The Knight must unguard the checkmate square. S Shivaji vs K Troff, 2011  (B27) Sicilian, 119 moves, 1-0 White to move and unguard against a mating net. V Malakhov vs Ivanchuk, 2014  (A14) English, 41 moves, 0-1 White to allow the Pawn to queen. Le Quang Liem vs Carlsen, 2022  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 62 moves, 0-1 28 games