Tal cleverly uses his bishop to lock up his opponent's rook
Tal vs S Saeed, 1985  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0
White gets locked away in "The Tomb Game"
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
See Radjabov's deperate situation after move 60.
Radjabov vs Topalov, 2003  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Wacky game with rook sacrifices boils down to zugzwang
O Ekebjaerg vs G Timmerman, 1991  (C27) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1
41. b4!, and Anand has tied Van Wely into a knot
Anand vs Van Wely, 1997  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Clever king retreat leaves the white rook with no place to go.
Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 96 moves, 0-1
After 38. e6!, black's bishop is frozen; K must retreat & lose.
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1-0
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