The same idea. The knight blocks the d-file and controls c8! Rc7 is coming.
Bringing the king to the center. The rest of the game is a masterclass from Gelfand. Enjoy.
25...f6 26.Ke4 fxe5 27.Kxe5 Nf6 28.Rc7 Ng4+ 29.Kxe6! King Leonidas! Nxh2 30.Rd7 Ng4 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rc2 Nf6 33.b4 Nh5 34.Rc3 a6 35.a4 h6 36.Ke7 Rf8 37.Kd7 Kh7 38.Re3 Rf6 39.f5 b5 40.a5 Rf8 41.Kc6 Nf6 42.Re7 Nh5 43.Ne4 Nf6 44.Nc5 Rc8+ 45.Kb7
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Boris Gelfand Maxime Lagarde Biel 2021 White to move
Another example of my favourite positional player, the great Boris Gelfand! White dominates one of the open files, how to control both of them?
And the following maneuver is super classy. Please think for a while! How can you penetrate Black's position?
The key move. With this sequence, Gelfand blocks the d-file (...Nd6 + ...e5) and at the same time controls the c8-square. Now this prepares the simple Rc2, dominating the file and planning to penetrate along the 7th rank.
With good criteria, Illescas decides to keep the a-file closed, therefore keeping control over the only open file, the c-file.
1...Rxa7 2.Rxc4 b5 3.Rc6! Transformation of positional advantages! Now Black has to decide whether to lose control over the file or to allow White to have a passed pawn.