The most famous zugzwang Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 37...Re3! Five pieces, no moves. P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 0-1 45. Bc5 forces Black onto the dark square "minefield" K Spraggett vs G Glen, 1975  (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0 Lasker chains up the old lion with 34...Rg8!! Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 0-1 39...h6! forces Lasker to wreck his own queenside Lasker vs Capablanca, 1936  (B58) Sicilian, 54 moves, 0-1 Alekhine's cannon has Nimzo offsides Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0 The chess artist creates a picturesque bind with 26...c4! J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1 33. g3! and not even Marshall can get out Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 34. b4 and Black must choose his poison Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 Torre exemplifies the power of the pin L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976  (A43) Old Benoni, 33 moves, 0-1 42...Qd1 provides a fine finish to Adams's masterpiece Ivanchuk vs Adams, 1991  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 42 moves, 0-1 White wishes he were paralyzed after 41...Qd2! J Bernstein vs Marshall, 1915  (C49) Four Knights, 41 moves, 0-1 After 54...Ke7, Rauzer has to make way for the Black knight V Rauzer vs F Bohatirchuk, 1934  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 55 moves, 0-1 Another nice zugzwang by Bohatirchuk after 46...h3! Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk, 1924  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 0-1 45...Rc1 zugzwangs the zugzwanger Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 "Old Lasker" gives us a glimpse of the Lasker of old T H Tylor vs Lasker, 1936  (C49) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1 41. Rxc8 and soon Black runs out of pawn moves B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0 65...Bd4! and Reshevsky is cornered Reshevsky vs Bronstein, 1953  (E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 65 moves, 0-1 38...Nf5 leaves Najdorf strangled on the back rank Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953  (E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1 This zugzwang cost Bronstein the title Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0 41. b4! forces van Wely to abandon his queenside pawns Anand vs Van Wely, 1997  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 The infamous "Tomb Game" B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 White must move into a skewer after 44...Kd4! L Carranza vs Capablanca, 1911  (C46) Three Knights, 44 moves, 0-1 Exchange sac for strangulation Radjabov vs Topalov, 2003  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1 Knightfall M Mukhitdinov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 40 moves, 0-1 An unwelcome discovery ahead after 93...Kd5 Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 96 moves, 0-1 46... e5! runs White's rooks and bishop out of squares G G Haase vs O Sarapu, 1969  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1 That's me in the corner Korchnoi vs O Renet, 1990  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0 35...Kb7 compels White to make way for...Rg8 D Foord vs C Crouch, 2006  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1 Tal traps a rook Tal vs S Saeed, 1985  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0 After 41. Qc8, the black knight is living on borrowed time Torre vs J Araiza Munoz, 1926  (A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0 43. b4 and moving either black piece allows mate V Small vs Panno, 1988  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1-0 King walk for zugzwang D Kosic vs T Christensen, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 63...Rg3 forces White's king away (...Rf2 is also zugzwang) Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1990  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 63 moves, 0-1 34 games