EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE: NOT A DEFENDER

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EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE: NOT A DEFENDER
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The <EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE>: trading a <PINNED> unit that you *cannot* exploit in the three standard ways for a <PINNED> unit that you *can* exploit <BECAUSE THE NEWLY PINNED PIECES DOES NOT <PROTECT/GUARD> SQUARES, IT <INTERPOSES> A LINE!>

Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
19 Qg4xg7+! Qe7xQg7 no longer defends f6-rook, 20 Rf1xRf6
Fischer vs Mecking, 1970
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
H Jonkman vs I Sokolov, 2002
(C48) Four Knights, 55 moves, 0-1
28 Bc4xe6+! newly pinned e6-queen will not defend c6,h3
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2007
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 45 moves, 1-0
20 Bc3xg7! Rf7xBg7 no longer protects e7-knight, 21 Nd5xNe7+
I Salgado Lopez vs P Dimitrov, 2010
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 48 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
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