25 Qd1-d3! adds second attacker to pinned g6-knight, wins piece
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs Ni Hua, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 35 moves, 1-0
Yifan Hou vs Ding Liren, 2009  (C11) French, 66 moves, 0-1
33 f2-f3? Rd8xd5! reinforces pin against d4-knight, wins pawn
Wang Yue vs Carlsen, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 0-1
36 c5xQd6 White d6-pawn reinforces the pin on Black e7-knight
Karpov vs Piskunov, 1962  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
31 Nd4-f3! prepares to reinforce pin on f7-rook with 33 Nf3-g5
Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2008  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 30 moves, 1-0
18 Ng3-h5! reinforces the pin on Black f6-knight by White g5-B
Carlsen vs Beliavsky, 2006  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 1-0
35 ... Re8xBe4! since 36 .. f6-f5 reinforces pin, wins material
F Pellis vs S Nikolov, 2000  (A13) English, 42 moves, 0-1
33 ... Qg5-g4! reinforces pin on White f3-pawn to White h1-king
Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006  (B33) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1
27 Rc1-d1,28 Qa3-a4! reinforce pin on completely pinned d7-rook
Mamedyarov vs P Tregubov, 2006  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
27 ... d7-d5! White c4-knight pinned to undefended a4-queen
J H Miyasato vs Polgar, 1988  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
17 ... Qb6-c5 18 c2-c3 simply reinforces pin on Black b4-knight
K Kuderinov vs M Arnold, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0
39 Ne5-c6 reinforces pin on the Black b4-bishop, winning piece
Carlsen vs Onischuk, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
40 Rc8-c7 reinforces the pin on the Black e7-rook, winning it
Aronian vs Grischuk, 2008  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
White will reinforce pin on Black c2-knight with 32 Nd5-b4/e3
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2008  (E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
34 ... Ng4-e3!!, 36 ... e3-e2 reinforce pin on White f1-bishop
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1
26 Ne2-d4 reinforces the pin on Black c6-knight, winning piece
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2007  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0
30 ... Qh3-g3+! reinforces pin on White f2-queen to g1-king
D Zagorskis vs Sadler, 1998  (A10) English, 32 moves, 0-1
30 h4-h5!, 31 g4-g5! threatens to reinforce pin with 32 g5-g6
Shirov vs Topalov, 2008  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
15 ... Nd7-c5 reinforces pin on White e4-pawn against f3-queen
Smyslov vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 54 moves, 0-1
25 Ng4-f6,26 Ra1-h1 reinforce pin on Black h7-knight to h8-king
A Stukopin vs B Hasenohr, 2008  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
33 Qc2-c7 reinforces pin on Black g7-bishop to g8-king, winning
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1
32 f2-f4 reinforces the pin on and wins pinned Black e5-knight
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
37 Rc4-c7! reinforces on Black g7-bishop pinned to h7-square
Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2009  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 52 moves, 0-1
34 ... Nb7-d8! reinforces the pin on the White c6-bishop
Li Shilong vs Wang Yue, 2006  (B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
24 ... Rd8-d5 with 25 ,,, Rc8-d8 to follow doubles on pinned Kt
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
41 Rf1-c1 reinforces the pin on the 1-1 loose Black c3-rook
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
12 - Nc6-d4 reinforces pin on White e2-pawn by Black g4-bishop
Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974  (A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0
32 Re5-g5! reinforces pin of Black g7-queen to Black g8-king
Fischer vs U Geller, 1968  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
37 e2-e3! reinforces pin on Black d4-bishop to loose e4-rook
Kamsky vs E Alekseev, 2007  (E17) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
24 Bb3-a4? reinforces pin on d7-bishop to e7-knight defender
Svidler vs Caruana, 2010  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
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