[Event " "]
[Site " "]
[Date "1999"]
[EventDate "1999"]
[Round " "]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elbilia"]
[Black "Chuchelov"]
[ECO " "]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount " "]

[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Bg5? Bxf2+! 8.Kxf2 Ng4+ 
{ White has just lost a pawn, his King has lost his right to castle.  
Besides his whole pawn structure is completely ruined, so White resigned.} 9.Ke1 Qxg5 
0-1
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[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "*"][SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1p3ppp/p2qp3/2p1n3/2B5/5Q2/PPPP1PPP/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 13"]
 13. Qg3 { The Knight is pinned against the Queen. 
However the Knight can unpin capturing on c4, protecting the Queen at the same time} ... Nxc4 *

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff"]
[Black "Vladimir Borodin"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5
Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6
17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. f5 Qd8 19. f6 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. e5
Bxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bxe5 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qa8
26. Rg2 { With the f3-rook now unpinned, White threatens Qxh7+ followed by Rh3 mate. If Black tries 26...Qxf3, 
then 27. Qxf8# } 1-0
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[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.Nc3
e6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.e3 f6 12.h4 h6 13.g4 Nd6
14.g5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.gxh6 exf3 17.hxg7 Kxg7 18.Bxf3 e5
19.Bg3 exd4 20.Rfd1 Ne5 21.Bg2 Bg4 22.exd4 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Bxf3
24.Rdc1 Rf7 25.Qd3 Bd5 26.h5 gxh5 27.Kh2 Qe8 28.Re1 Re7 29.Rg1
Be4 30.Bd6 Kh7 31.Qg3 Rd7 32.Rae1 Qe6 33.Bb8 Qe8 34.Rxe4 Qxb8
35.Re5 {unpinning through interposition}
fxe5 36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Qh6+ 1-0
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[Event "WSB-03.Kongress prel"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "1863.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Lange"]
[Black "Georg Schultz"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4
7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.b3 O-O
12.Bb2 c6 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.f4 Ne8 15.Rd3 Qe6 16.Qb6 Qd7 17.Kh1
f5 18.e5 Qc7 19.Qd4 dxe5 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Rxd8 Bxd8 22.Qc5 Be7
23.Qxe5 Bd6 24.Qd4 Nf6 25.Ne2 Ne4 26.Qe3 Re8 27.Ng1 Qd8 28.Qd4
Qe7 29.Nh3 Bc5 30.Qd1 Qh4 31.Qd7 Qe7 32.Qxf5 Nf2+ 33.Nxf2 Bxf2
34.Be5 Bb6 35.Rd1 Rd8 36.Re1 Bd4 37.h3 Qh4 38.Rf1 Bb6 39.Qf7
Qg3 40.Qxb7 Be3 41.Qe7 Rg8 42.f5 Qg5 43.f6 h5 44.fxg7+ Kh7
45.Bf6 Qg3 46.Qe4+ Kh6 47.Be5 Re8 48.g8=N+ {unpinning through check} 1-0
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[Event "Nuremberg -"]
[Site "Nuremberg -"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Johannes Vilhelm Ohquist"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5
Ne5 7. Nxe5 {unpinning through capture} Bxd1 8. Bb5+ c6 9. dxc6 Qc7 10. cxb7+ Kd8
11. Nxf7# 1-0
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[Event "Torcy"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michel Miannay"]
[Black "Francois Bruneau"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Ng5+ {classical unpinning} Ke8
6. Qxg4 Nf6 7. Qe6 Qd7 8. Qf7+ Kd8 9. Ne6+ 1-0
{source: http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/partite/unpinning.html Rodolfo Pardi}

[Event "Berlijn"]
[Site "Berlijn"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bedrich Thelen"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Be4 Nxe5 7.Bxb7
Rb8 8.Nxe5 1-0
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[Event "Wenen"]
[Site "Wenen"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Deutsch"]
[Black "Koni"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.Qxh5 1-0
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[Event "Dayton"]
[Site "Dayton"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N Barsalou"]
[Black "Bill Wall"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. f4 e5 2. d3 exf4 3. Bxf4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2
Nf6 7. Bg5 Ng4 8. Bh4 Qxh4+ 9. Nxh4 Bf2# 0-1
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[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Very"]
[Black "Chanteux"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Ng4+
7.Ke1 Qxg5 8.Nf3 Qe3 9.Qd2 Qf2+ 10.Kd1 Ne3+ 0-1
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[Event "GER-chT U20W"]
[Site "Neumuenster"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenija Naiditsch"]
[Black "Anja Draeger"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 1-0
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[Event "unknown"]
[Site "unknown"]
[Date "1620.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gioachino Greco"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3
Qg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Kf8 9. Nxg4 1-0
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[Event "Leningrad-Moscow team"]
[Site "Leningrad RUS"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O
d5 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Nxd5 1-0
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[Event "GameKnot Blitz"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "lapaget"]
[Black "xhordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "mo,Ne"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Nxd5 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Ne3 g6
8. Be2 Bg7 9. d4 Nd7 10. O-O b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qf3
Rb8 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nd5 e5 17. Bd2 exd4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nc6 Qh4 20. Nxb8 Rxb8
21. Re4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. cxd4 Kg7 24. Bc3 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 bxc5
27. h3 h5 28. a4 Rb3 29. c4 Rb4 30. Re7 Rb7 (30... Nb6 31. Rxa7 Nxc4 32. a5)
31. a5 (31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Rdxd7 Rb1+) 31... a6 32. Rae1 (32. Rd1 Rb6 33. axb6
Nxb6 34. Rc7 Nxc4 35. Rxc5 Na3 36. Rd7) 32... g5 33. g3 Kf6 34. Kg2 g4 35. Kh2
Kg5 36. Rxf7 Kg6 37. Rfe7 gxh3 38. Kxh3 Kg5 39. Kg2 h4 40. gxh4+ Kxh4 41. R1e4+
Kg5 42. R4e6 Kf5 43. Rxa6 Kg5 44. Rae6 Kf5 45. Re2 Kf6 46. f3 Ra7 47. f4 Kf5
48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. R2e6+ Nf6+ 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6 52. Rxa7 1-0
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[Event "Munich Olympiad"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1936.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Asztalos"]
[Black "Bjorn Nielsen"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.cxd5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 exd5 10.Qb3 Rd8 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nc6
13.O-O Na5 14.Qc3 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Be6 16.Qc3 Bd5 17.Nd2 Rd6
18.Qd3 Re8 19.Rfe1 Re6 20.a4 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.e4 f5 23.Qb5
Qxb5 24.axb5 fxe4 25.Rxa7 e3 26.fxe3 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Rxe3 28.Ra8+
Kf7 29.Rd8 Rd3 30.Nf3 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 Bxf3 0-1
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[Event "Belgian Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Ahn"]
[Black "Tamas Ruck"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.a4 Nxe4 10.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 11.Ke2 Bg4+ 12.Kd3
Ne5+ 13.Kxe4 f5+ 14.Kd5 Rxd8 15.Qxg4 c6+ 16.Ke6 O-O 17.Nd5
fxg4 18.Bd3 g6 19.Rhf1 Kg7 20.Nd4 Rfe8+ 21.Ne7 Bh4 22.Bxg6
Rxe7+ 23.Kf5 Rf8+ 24.Ke4 Nxg6+ 25.Kd3 Ne5+ 26.Kc3 Bf2 0-1
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[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1970.12.07"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Doroshkievich"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. d5 exf3
7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7 Nxd7 0-1
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Unpinning

Pattern # 44 This technique is explained in ebook Fundamental Chess Patterns and Encyclopedia of Chess Patterns and Lined up Pieces, Pins, Skewers and the like

click e7 to flip board, d8 to get the PGN

Additional different patterns can be found on this page of mine: Patterns

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