17 Re1xBe7! Nd5xRe7 creates a gruesome pin along h4-d8 diagonal Bacrot vs Bareev, 2010  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 37 ... Be7-c5! wins by pinning White e3-bishop to f2-king E Alekseev vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 26 Qb2-e5! creates winning pin against under piece on 5th rank Aronian vs Gelfand, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0 Aronian fails to exploit a nasty pin with 39 Bd7-h3, 40 Rc8-c7 Aronian vs Grischuk, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0 30 ... Ke6-e5? Carlsen overlooks simple winning pin 31 Rb1-b2 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0 27 ... Bb7-c8! Carlsen alert to possibility of pin along c8-h3 Pelletier vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1 32 Rg1xg4+ Bf8-g7 creates a winning pin against Black g8-king Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1 29 Ne5xc6! uses White c1-rook's influence to pin Black c5-pawn Macieja vs Radjabov, 2007  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 V Akobian vs J Becerra Rivero, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 24 moves, 0-1 Keres vs Sliwa, 1955  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 22 ... Ra4xBc4! Tiviakov spots a winning pin and heads for it M Parligras vs Tiviakov, 2008  (B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 0-1 33.Rf6! "A very strong move creating the idea c4-c5." -- Naka Nakamura vs Shirov, 2010  (B33) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0 15 ... Bg7xc3! allows creation of powerful pin, 16 ... Qd8-d4 Tiviakov vs Shirov, 2010  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1 27 ... Qg5xh6?? White b6-rook pins Black g6-pawn for 28 Nd4xBf5 Jobava vs Z Almasi, 2010  (E12) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0 Carlsen vs J L Hammer, 2010  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 73 moves, 1-0 Koneru vs W Ju, 2010  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 60 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0 18 games