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From here White has some plans, including a nice attacking idea with h4-h5 or h4, Ne4, g5, Bh3.
Lev Alburt
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson
Lone Pine op 1981
White to move
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Lev Alburt Gudmundur Sigurjonsson Lone Pine op 1981 White to move
White is a pawn up, but it is a doubled pawn in the center that will fall very soon. If Black manages to capture on e4 and trade the light-squared bishops, they will have a nice position, because e3 will be a backward pawn and an easy one to attack. The dark-squared bishop would remain very passive as well. How to modify the structure in our favour?
1.e5!
The only good move that leads to an advantage. White gives the pawn back forcing Black to capture.
1...dxe5 2.d5 +/=
An elegant way of giving the pawn back. White sentences the black knight to life imprisonment! This knight leaves the black rooks disconnected and the pieces uncoordinated.
Lyubomir Danov
Boris Gelfand
EU-ch 2023
Black to move
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Lyubomir Danov Boris Gelfand EU-ch 2023 Black to move
White is planning to play d4. Later it will complete development of the c1-bishop and the a1-rook, with a reasonable position. Can we stop this somehow?
12...d4! 13.Nc2 d3!
With this push Gelfand buries the c1-bishop and makes it difficult for the rooks to connect and restricts the f1-bishop too.
Judit Polgar
Viswanathan Anand
Hoogovens 1998
White to move
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Judit Polgar Viswanathan Anand Hoogovens 1998 White to move
We found ourselves in a typical position coming from a Pelikan/Sveshnikov/Najdorf, where White has managed to get a position where the knight is better than the passive e7-bishop. What is the plan now?
1.c3!
The c2-pawn was vulnerable to the rook attack, while on c3 it can only be attacked with ...b4, after which we could answer with c4, freezing Black's structure. Moreover, Black could be threatening to play ...b4, leaving a backward pawn on c2. With her last move, Judit is also preparing the route for the knight to the best square on the board, the d5-square!
1...b4
1...Rc5 2.Rd1d5? 3.b4 +-
2.c4 +/-
Freezing Black's structure and making sure we aren't left with a backward pawn.
Karina Ambartsumova
Samuel Sevian
PRO League Prelim 2023
Black to move