16 b5-b6! leaves the Black a5-knight stranded with NO RETREAT!
Portisch vs Tal, 1967  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 24 moves, 1-0
Ponomariov vs Anand, 2011  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 52 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Nakamura, 2011  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
A Ivanov vs Naroditsky, 2011  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
McShane vs Carlsen, 2010  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1-0
16 a2-a3?? self-blocks White b3-queen, 16 ... c5-c4! then wins
Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2011  (A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1
A Matoussi vs C Jorgensen, 2010  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 12 moves, 0-1
Leko vs Kramnik, 2004  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs F Vallejo Pons, 2011  (A20) English, 37 moves, 1-0
42 Rf7-c7 1-0 Black c2-bishop is trapped on edge of the board
Carlsen vs Pelletier, 2011  (C10) French, 42 moves, 1-0
27 Re1-e4 1-0 traps the Black c4-knight which has NO RETREAT!
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2011  (C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 1-0
M Cuellar Gacharna vs Tal, 1973  (E91) King's Indian, 79 moves, 0-1
37 ... Be5-c7?? takes away c7-flight sq of b8-king, stalemate!
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 1991  (D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 18 moves, 1-0
T T Hoang vs Z Tan, 2011  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1
A Moskalenko vs D Andreikin, 2012  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
65 ... Nf6-h5+?? 66 Rb5xNh5+! Black h6-king trapped on h5
Karjakin vs D Kokarev, 2012  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 66 moves, 1-0
Dubov vs D Bocharov, 2012  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
S Sjugirov vs D Bocharov, 2012  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Motylev vs H Wang, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
I Kurnosov vs Carlsen, 2012  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 64 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1877  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Kasimdzhanov vs S Petrosian, 2012  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 22 moves, 1-0
25 ... Be6-c8! and the White a6-queen has NO RETREAT!
Kharlov vs Krasenkow, 1997  (D85) Grunfeld, 25 moves, 0-1
V Gunina vs A Galliamova, 2012  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
P Cramling vs I Krush, 2012  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 72 moves, 0-1
11...Îe8?? would be careless, as White traps the queen after 1
Navara vs B Socko, 2006  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 35 moves, 1-0
I Ibragimov vs I Nyzhnyk, 2013  (E70) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
38 Bd2-f4?? leaves White h5-knight with no retreat(!)
Fressinet vs Bacrot, 2012  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 0-1
44 ... Nb5-d4?? puts knight on square it has no retreat(!) from
Topalov vs Naiditsch, 2013  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
Nepomniachtchi vs A Moiseenko, 2013  (B30) Sicilian, 67 moves, 1-0
H Melkumyan vs C Balogh, 2013  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
118 ... Nf6-d7! leaves White a4-knight trapped on edge of board
K Szabo vs I Lysyj, 2012  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 132 moves, 0-1
18 Bf3xNe4?? d5xe4! offside White e5-knight has no NO RETREAT!
A Nasybullina vs E Ubiennykh, 2013  (A03) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
24 Qe2-c4! 1-0 leaves offside Blackc3-knight with NO RETREAT!
Mamedyarov vs Topalov, 2013  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
19 Ne5-f3! 1-0 leaves Black h2-queen trapped on edge of board!
T Abrahamyan vs C Baginskaite, 2013  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
47 ... Nc6-b8! possible as 48 Na6xNb8 Bd5xb7 traps offside b8-N
Carlsen vs Anand, 2010  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
V Ni vs J Wang, 2013  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 30 moves, 0-1
29 Qh1-h8+! denies g8-,g7-flights,30 Bb5-e8! 1-0 traps g6-queen
Yurtaev vs S Matveeva, 1987  (C16) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0
82 Bb5-e2! dominates the offside Black b2-knight, corralling it
Goryachkina vs B Khotenashvili, 2013  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 82 moves, 1-0
21 ... Rg8-g6? leaves frontal Black g4-rook with NO RETREAT!
N Pogonina vs J Majdan, 2013  (A80) Dutch, 82 moves, 1-0
43 ... Nc4-e5 f4->b8@e5+f6 blocks guard line to trapped b8-N
Caruana vs Adams, 2013  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
19 Bc4xf7+!,20 Ne5-c4 traps Black a5-queen on the edge of board
Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
41 ... Kh8-g8?? denies g8-flight of f7-queen, 42 Re5-f5! traps
M Pavlovic vs I Miladinovic, 1998  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 44 moves, 1-0
30 - c3-c2 takes away b1-,c2-flights of trapped White a3-knight
M Markov vs Aronian, 2013  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 0-1
Kazim gets his queent trapped!
L Kaufman vs K Gulamali, 2012  (B07) Pirc, 27 moves, 1-0
Kasparov missed(!) 25 Ne4-d6!+-, winning a4-queen with Rb3-a3
Kasparov vs M Illescas, 1992  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 32 moves, 1-0
G Sargissian vs E Mochalov, 2014  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 48 moves, 1-0
S Djuric vs A Navacchia, 1998  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs J Arnason, 1987  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 40 moves, 1-0
9 Nc3-d1? Nd4xNf3+ 10 Bg2xNf3 d5-d4 traps the White e3-bishop
B Khotenashvili vs Lagno, 2014  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
36 Ng4-e3?? White e7-rook now has NO RETREAT!, 36 ... Qd5-d8!-+
T Kosintseva vs B Khotenashvili, 2013  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 85 moves, 1-0
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