The Black Rook made a Royal Absolute Pin to win this game. E Schallopp vs Anderssen, 1872  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1 Two Royal Absolute Pins-- 23. Bc3 and 24. ... Rg8 J Malta vs Bird, 1880  (A80) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1 Game ends with an Royal Absolute Pin-- White Queen is lost! D van Foreest vs C Messemaker, 1884  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 42 moves, 0-1 Checkmate by Knight is due to an Absolute Pin Muehlock vs Kostic, 1912  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 0-1 22. Ne7+ is a Double Attack-- Check and Discovered RAP Euwe vs H Weenink, 1920  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0 DOUBLED UP ABSOLUTE PINS and Piling On at EOG Alekhine vs R Mikulka, 1925  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pins as Self-Pins at 21. ... Rg5 and 22. ... Bf8 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1937  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0 Royal Fork by Knight at EOG is safe because of Absolute Pin Botvinnik vs Kotov, 1946  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 0-1 Rook made Royal Absolute Pin at end. 36. Kf2 Rxh1+ wins Queen! S Schweber vs Spassky, 1955  (E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 35 moves, 0-1 Game ends with Cross Pin-- one arm is a Royal Absolute Pin. V Mikenas vs Aronin, 1957  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 33 moves, 0-1 Multiple APs, including two at the conclusion! Bronstein vs R Fuchs, 1957  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0 Rook was kicked but 20. Rh4+ is safe by AP, mates next move! Kupreichik vs A Planinc, 1970  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 1-0 Rook takes En Prise Pawn to Discover Royal Pin at end of game V Ciocaltea vs L Masic, 1971  (B57) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 Royal Pin with 18. Re1 that wins the Black Queen for the Rook. Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1 TWO Absolute Pins-- 25. Bd4 and 32. Bc5 V Ciocaltea vs A Lombard, 1972  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin due to Discovery tactic allows Suffocation Mate! Sachariev vs Dobrev, 1973  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0 AP at 24 ...Bxd5 adds pressure and supports mate later B Larsen vs Ljubojevic, 1975  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 27 moves, 0-1 AP with 32. Bh6 and Piling On at 33. g5 wins the Bishop. Westerinen vs Savon, 1975  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 33 moves, 1-0 Bishop has AP for Knight to be safe; 30. Bxg5 R1# Reshevsky vs B Ivanovic, 1976  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1 Absolute Pin keeps Queen safe and helps the win! L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976  (A43) Old Benoni, 33 moves, 0-1 AP-- as Royal Pin-- allows Complex Mate (CCC) to be successful Fischer vs Mac Hack VI, 1977  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0 31. Qh6 blocks check-- AP; then Underpromotion leads to Mate! Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin allows for mate soon. P Foo vs P Garbett, 1984  (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 28. Ke1 is Self-Pin, 28 ...Bb5 is Piling On, Black gains Pawn R Reynolds vs Nunn, 1987  (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 32 moves, 0-1 Royal Pin at 10. Ba5 wins Queen, then AP at 29. Qf4 Nunn vs K Georgiev, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin at EOG allows Losing the Exchange for Promotion T Shumiakina vs L Tazhieva, 1990 (E15) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 1-0 55. ... Qe8 is the (Self-Pin) Absolute Pin of Doom! Bologan vs J Garcia Padron, 1993  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 56 moves, 1-0 25. ... B6 is Self-Pin/AP; 26. Qh7+ Ke8 27. Qd7#. Martinez Martinez vs J Converset, 1994  (E61) King's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0 Bishop makes a Royal Pin at end of this game. B Lalic vs J C Hannet, 1998  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0 Absolute Pin, then Piling On for tactic at end wins the Rook Rublevsky vs Vaganian, 1998 (C07) French, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 0-1 SF 17 M8 is Mighty Queen Mate allowed by AP against g2 Pawn. N Starr vs C Peptan, 2001  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 31 moves, 0-1 APs at 31. ... Bxf4 and 34. ... Qxh4 win material and Promotion J Steckner vs V Burmakin, 2004  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1 Game ends with Royal Pin, so it causes resignation immediately. Z Rahman vs Yudasin, 2004  (A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1 49. Qxf6 makes AP; last move is Piling On and Fork! M Hebden vs A Madan, 2007  (A48) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0 Two APs set up the checkmate D Perez vs J Jackova, 2008  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 23. ... Qxh3 is allowed by the existing AP W Wu vs X Bu, 2008  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1 39. Rxh5+ allowed due to Absolute Pin G O'Toole vs R Haria, 2009  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0 AP Allows Mate A Hugaert vs B Gundavaa, 2009  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1 50. Rf7 Absolute Pin to prevent Promotion. S Khorramnasab vs R Scholz, 2012 (A03) Bird's Opening, 67 moves, 1-0 25 Bg5 and 31 Qxh6+ work due to Absolute Pins (other tactics!) D Yuffa vs Bologan, 2015  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 Self-Pins/APs at 23. ... B6 and 30. ... Rf7 win material. A Goganov vs Jobava, 2016  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 24. gxh5 makes an AP on g7-Pawn; R Sacr means mate soon. J Krupenski vs Gelfand, 2016  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0 AP makes the White Queen fearless and supports mating net O Brendel vs T Chapman, 2017  (A13) English, 26 moves, 1-0 AP wins the White Knight (at the end/resignation) Naiditsch vs Caruana, 2017  (C28) Vienna Game, 40 moves, 0-1 33. Rxg2 makes self-pin and Absolute Pin as major headache E Paehtz vs Vitiugov, 2017  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1 AP allows Back Rank Mate threat for the win L McLaren vs A Ismail, 2017  (B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1-0 AP allows Back Rank Mate (or 39. Kh1 Qxf1# Back Rank Mate also) S Maroroa vs A Diamant, 2018  (B30) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1 Game Ends by Piling On vs Bishop in AP; Bishop lost M Castrillon Gomez vs M Fierro, 2020 (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 41 moves, 1-0 48 games