The eternal pin of David Bronstein
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In Hastings Bronstein displayed beautifully how to exploit a pin. With the black pieces against Julio Kaplan, he created an eternal pin on d2 holding on to it, until white realized he was zugzwang and could do nothing but resign and tip his hat.
Interesting moments:
To push or to take 0:50
Castling Kingside without a g-pawn 3:06
The creation of the pin 4:02
Strengthening the pin 4:45
You cant take my bishop 5:48
Defending the pin from the front 6:40
Replacing the pinned piece 7:15
The importance of c4 7:59
The eternal pin wins. (zugzwang) 8:30
Below the video
https://youtu.be/I7h3hbiv-qo