20 ... Rce8?? pins Black e6-rook to Black e8-rook for 21 Nxd6!
Portisch vs Ivkov, 1969  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
After 21 ... Rfd8? lead Black d7-rook is pinned to the d-file
Tarrasch vs Vogel, 1910  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
35 Qe1? White pins e2-rook to e1-queen, 35 ... Bf3! piles on
Carlsen vs Ljubojevic, 2006  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
32 ... Rxg2+! White a2-rook pinned to a1-rook by Black a8-rook
L E Johannessen vs A Vouldis, 2003  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 32 moves, 0-1
41 QxNc4! White a7-rook pins Black c7-rook to Black f7-queen
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0
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