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38.Ng5 e3 39.fxe3? Bxe3 40.Nf3 a4 41.Ne1 Bc1 42.Nd3 Bxb2
Nobody can stop the a-pawn!
Efim Geller
Miguel Najdorf
Candidates Tournament 1953
White to move
Naturally, the key to this position is to realize that d5 is a weak square. At the moment it is well controlled by the f6-knight, so we cannot jump there, since after the trade White would be forced to take with the e-pawn, and this is not ideal, since the weakness on d6 would disappear. That is why we need to realize that the b3-knight can be improved, and there is a nice route available until d5!
1...Rc8 2.Nc4 Qc6 3.Ne3 +/-
We will reach a scenario where the white knight is much better than the dark-squared bishop.
Gomez Esteban
Mihail Marin
Benasque op 2009
Black to move
The knight on e7 is very clumsy and doing nothing. Playing ...f5 would weaken the seventh rank and there are no tricks on d5.
1...g5!? is also interesting with the same idea of improving the knight, but White can play g3 at some point once the knight arrives to g6.
2.Ra7 Ng8 3.Nb5 Nf6
From f6, the knight targets e4 and can jump via h5 and f4.
4.Nxd6 Qxd6 5.e5 Qxd5 6.exf6+ Kxf6
and the game ended in a draw after a few moves.
Peter Svidler
Alexander Motylev
EU-Cup 2009
White to move
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Peter Svidler Alexander Motylev EU-Cup 2009 White to move
The black pawn structure on the kingside is very weak. White is pressing with the queen + pawn + bishop. Who else wants to join the party?
1.Rb5!
Svidler takes advantage of the unprotected knight to bring the last piece into play, provoking heavy damage on the kingside.
1...b6 2.hxg6!
We want to get rid of our pawn in order to use the h-file!