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And Black is in real trouble. White has a lot of ideas, like Rc5 doubling the rooks, followed by Ne5.
Viktor Kortschnoj
Efim Geller
Candidates qf 1971
White to move
I love this move. The knight comes to d3, where it targets c5. Moreover, once the knight is on d3, it can jump to f4, where d5 will suffer more. Another good aspect about Ne1 is that the e2-bishop can be activated via f3, targeting d5, or to g4, where it attacks the knight on d7, one of the defenders of c5.
20...Rbc8 21.Bg4! Qg6 22.Bh3 Rc7 23.Nd3
Nf4 is coming.
23...Nf6 24.Qa5
Now White targets a7, c7, and c5 at the same time!
24...Ne8 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Qxc5
Black stopped suffering. Great positional lecture by Viktor!
Vassily Smyslov
Anatoly Karpov
URS-ch 1971
White to move
Nasty along the diagonal. The bishop on c2 was not that effective since after ...g6, Black is covering all the threats along the b1-h7 diagonal.
17...a6 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qe3! Bf6 20.Bb3 Qh5 21.d5!
White is able to play d5 and again we see what devastating effect it has.
21...Nd8 22.d6
Enough for a decisive advantage even though it was not the best option.
22...Rc5 23.d7 Re7 24.Qf4 Bg7 25.Qb8 Qxh6 26.Qxd8+ Bf8 27.Re3 Bc6 28.Qxf8+ Qxf8 29.d8=Q
And White wins material and the game.
T. Radjabov (2710)
O. Bortnyk (2581)
World Rapid
White to move