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Efim Geller
Miguel Najdorf
Candidates Tournament 1953
White to move
Naturally, the key to this position is to realize that there is a weak square on d5. 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 see that the b3-knight can be improved, and there is a nice route available to 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.
Shant Sargsyan
Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis
EU-ch 2023
Black to move
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Shant Sargsyan Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis EU-ch 2023 Black to move
The last white move was f3, fighting against the queen and bishop. However, this allows Black to trade one of the most important pieces on the board. Can you find the subtle sequence?
20...Qb6!
Not only attacking on e3 but also pinning the pawn!
21.Re1 Nf4! 22.Qf1 Rd8!
This intermediate move is very strong since forces white to retrear the knight to a more passive square.
23.Nf2 Nxd3 -/+
The light-squared Bishop give Black a nice advantage.
Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez
Fernando Peralta
Henriquez Urena Memorial 2022
Black to move
There only move to fight for equality.
21.fxg5
21.g3? gxf4 22.gxf4 Kh8 and I would not like to be in White's shoes now.
21...Nxe5 22.Bg3
Now there are a couple of interesting ways to play with the black pieces.