Christiansen, down a queen for a knight and pawn, eventually won this game!
Chigorin–Schlechter: stalemate and zugzwang save the day.
Kasparov contra McDonald, 1986
The world champion falls into a stalemate trap.
Position after 56.Qxe5: stalemate!
Grischuk contra J. Polgar, 2007
Position after 60.Ne5+
Position after 61...Ng4!!
Example: White sets up the Classic Rosen Trap with 1.Rg6. The king can shift between g7 and h7, and if black tries to simplify by playing 1...Qxg6+, premoving 2...c3 (expecting 2.Kxg6 c3), white can play 2.Kh8! (or 2. Kf8!) and 2...c3 would be stalemate.
An example of a Rosen Trap in a rook vs bishop endgame. White starts with 1.Be3, preventing an immediate 1...c1=Q. Black plays 1...Rxe3+ and premoves 2...c1=Q (expecting 2.Kxe3 c1=Q+, but White responds with 2. Kf2! and 2...c1=Q would be stalemate.
St. Amant contra Staunton, 1843
White's position is desperate.
Position after 32.b5!!
Rin contra Nagle, 1997
Black, a pawn up with a won game, becomes careless.
White is down a queen for a rook, but his passed pawn, in conjunction with Black's weak back rank, is decisive.
de Firmian contra Shirazi, 1986
White has a decisive material advantage.
Position after 30.Rg5
Zukertort contra Steinitz, 1883
Position after 27.Qxa8
Position after 31.Qxa7
Ivanchuk (White) is up two pawns with a dominant position against Moiseenko.
Keres–Eliskases: Black, on move, forces a draw.
Karpov (White) is dead lost against Csom.
Position after 50.Nf5!! – the swindler strikes!
Anatoli Kárpov
Korchnoi contra Karpov, 1978
"A position it seemed impossible to lose"
Position after 39...Nf3+!!
Bouaziz contra Miles, 1979
Position after 40.c5. Black is dead lost.
Position after 44...Rh1! – White fails to appreciate the dangers in the position.
Taimanov–Bronstein, USSR 1955
Fischer–Donner, Santa Monica 1966
Greco, 1623: Black to play and draw
Carlsen–Aarland, 2002: Black draws much as in Greco's composition.
Parr–Farrand: White forces a draw.
Schmidt–Schaeffer: White, on move, forces a draw.
Bagatur 1.3a 64-bit–Fischerle 0.9.65 64-bit: Black to play
Chandler–Susan Polgar, White to play
Rhine, White to play and draw
White, three pieces down, draws by material insufficiency or stalemate.
Petrosian contra Hazai, 1970
Black is in trouble, since his a-pawn is indefensible.
After 45...Qb6!? 46.Nxb6+? cxb6, White cannot penetrate Black's fortress.
Ivanov contra Dolmatov, 1976
Black, an exchange down, has a lost position.
White's blunder has enabled Black to establish a drawing fortress.
Black to play and win
Trébuchet: whoever is on move loses.
Van Dongen–Wijsman, Eindhoven 2005, position after White's 74th move
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