Exchange on pinning square d7 with Black c8-king: 26 Rxd7!
Mamedyarov vs P Tregubov, 2006  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Exchange on pinning square d5 with Black g8-king: 19 Rxd5!
Dreev vs Gleizerov, 1992  (A84) Dutch, 20 moves, 1-0
Exchange on pinning square g3 with White e1-queen: 23 ... Rxg3!
J Rowson vs Adams, 1998  (B33) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1
38 Rf3xf7! wins a pawn as White g4-bishop prepares pin on e6-sq
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
18 Bg3xe5!
S Zhigalko vs A Iljushin, 2010  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
21 ... Nf6xe4! takes the e4-square lined up with White f3-queen
Le Quang Liem vs Nepomniachtchi, 2010  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 60 moves, 1-0
28 Ng5xh7! Qg7xNh7 and the h7-queen no longer protects e7-rook
Ding Liren vs Areshchenko, 2011  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
18 Bc4xe6+!! Rf6xBe6 now rook is set to be pinned, 19 Qh3-b3
A Stefanova vs N Khurtsidze, 2012  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
24 Re1xBe7! wins a piece by maintaining pin against f8-king
Vachier-Lagrave vs A Moiseenko, 2013  (B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
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