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Royal Absolute Pin Tactic-- OTB Examples
Compiled by ChessCoachClark
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The most powerful kind of Absolute Pin is the Royal Absolute Pin (RAP), since the Queen is attacked directly and the King is being attacked indirectly. It is both the En Garde tactic and the Absolute Pin tactic in the same play.

ChessCoachClark (CCC) originated this game collection and he updates it on occasion. This project is a work in progress, culling games from various sources, including several chess training books and personal research. The games are ordered by date (oldest first), not by importance.

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Game ends by Black Rook making a Royal Absolute Pin
E Schallopp vs Anderssen, 1872 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

RAP TWICE IN SAME GAME: 23. Bc3 and 24. ... Rg8
J Malta vs Bird, 1880 
(A80) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1

White Bishop made a Royal Absolute Pin at 17.
R Hodgson vs F Esling, 1893 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Game ended when Black Bishop made a 'long-distance RAP'!
I A Horowitz vs Denker, 1936 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 37 moves, 0-1

RAP TWICE IN SAME GAME: 31. Bd5 and 40. Qc4 (cont.)
Korchnoi vs Z Doda, 1955 
(A53) Old Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

Game ends with Royal Absolute Pin and Cross-Pin at same time!
V Mikenas vs Aronin, 1957 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 33 moves, 0-1

Royal Absolute Pin at 30. ... Re8
Portisch vs Eliskases, 1964 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

Game ends with Royal Absolute Pin by White Bishop
V Ciocaltea vs L Masic, 1971 
(B57) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

RAP with 18. Re1 that wins the Black Queen for the Rook.
Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

Royal Absolute Pin at 35. Bb5.
T Georgadze vs Kupreichik, 1979 
(E92) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0

Royal Absolute Pin at EOG allows inevitable Promotion
Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1986 
(A04) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

10. Ba5 is a Royal Absolute Pin.
Nunn vs K Georgiev, 1988 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

RAP with 27W that wins the Black Queen for the Rook.
Oll vs I Efimov, 1988 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

20. ... Rb2 made Royal Absolute Pin with Queen's protection.
Petursson vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1990 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 29 moves, 0-1

Royal Absolute Pin at 27. Rg5 wins the Queen soon.
L Betko vs A Pektor, 1992
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 51 moves, 1-0

55. ... Qe8 is a Royal Self-Pin
Bologan vs J Garcia Padron, 1993 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 56 moves, 1-0

Game ends with Black Bishop making a Royal Absolute Pin
H Govin Gonzalez vs A Moreno Roman, 1997
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 0-1

Game ends with Royal Absolute Pin by White Bishop
B Lalic vs J C Hannet, 1998 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0

34. ... Rf6 made a Royal Absolute Pin
K Miton vs Ivanchuk, 2007 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1

21. Qxb2 Bxc3 is a Royal Absolute Pin
E Pavlov vs J Sucher, 2008 
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 0-1

11. Bb5 made weak RAP for winning Black Rook next!
P Schlosser vs J Groetzbach, 2015 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 35 moves, 1-0

Royal Absolute Pin at 44. ... Rc1 sacrifices Rook to win Queen.
McShane vs Kuzubov, 2019 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 54 moves, 0-1

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