The Immortal Zugzwang Game!
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
The Other Immortal Zugzwang Game!
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
41.Rxc8, 46.Kh1 and 47.Kh2
B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0
22.Rae1!! and 30.b4!
Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
36.g5+!
A Kornev vs P H Nielsen, 2005  (C48) Four Knights, 36 moves, 1-0
37...Be8?? losing a drawing endgame after 38.e6!
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1-0
41.Qc8!
Torre vs J Araiza Munoz, 1926  (A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0
45.Bc5!
K Spraggett vs G Glen, 1975  (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
26...c4!
J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
33...Qf3!
L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976  (A43) Old Benoni, 33 moves, 0-1
55...Nd3! and its mate in two on all variants
V Rauzer vs F Bohatirchuk, 1934  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 55 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
34...g4! and "Zuk-zwang"!
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
T Tylor vs Lasker, 1936  (C49) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1
65...Bd4!
Reshevsky vs Bronstein, 1953  (E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 65 moves, 0-1
Tal vs S Saeed, 1985  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0
96...Kd5!! the only correct and winning move...!
Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 96 moves, 0-1
Benko vs G Szilagyi, 1946  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 45 moves, 1-0
37...Re3!
P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 0-1
M Mukhitdinov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 40 moves, 0-1
Radjabov vs Topalov, 2003  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
MacChess vs Bronstein, 1997  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 60 moves, 0-1
It's zwugzwang with 90.Rg2!(90...Kf6 91.Kxb2; 90...Kf4 91.Kxb2)
L Bruzon Batista vs Fridman, 2004  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 121 moves, 1-0
46.h4! (46...Rxc7 47.Rxc7 Kxc7 48.Ke6(+-); 46...Ke7 47.Kc6(+-))
Gruenfeld vs A Haida, 1925 (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
51.Ra7! (51...Ke8 52.Ra8+; 51...Bd1 52.g6 and 53.g7)
P Johner vs K Helling, 1928  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 51 moves, 1-0
43...Qb8!
R Bertholee vs J Polgar, 1990  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 43 moves, 0-1
74.Ke8!
Torre vs N Banks, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 74 moves, 1-0
Chiburdanidze vs T Lematschko, 1982  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 39 moves, 1-0
48.Rxc8! leads to a zugzwang position after 50.Bb2!
Ta Lin vs C Zhu, 2001  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 51 moves, 1-0
Dubov vs Carlsen, 2020  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
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