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White still has compensation due to the passive black pieces, but he loses track further on.
32...Rg8 33.Rh7 a5 34.Rd1 Rg6
35.Rd2?
A mistake. White could have played 35.Rh8+ Rg8 36.Rxh5 with compensation.
35...a4 36.f4?! exf4 37.Bxf4 Rd8 38.Rc7? d5!
Now Black gets rid of his weaknesses, while activating his rooks and preserving the h -pawn. He won on move 49.
Alexander Shimanov-Pia Cramling
Stockholm 2012
White to move
Logically enough, a queen exchange can also be used as a defensive resource, putting an end to the opponent's attack. In the diagram position Black has some play on the light squares on the kingside, but:
31.Qd1! Qxd1+ 32.Rdxd1
White has found a safe way to increase his advantage.
32...Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4
34.Kg2!
Not the hasty 34.f3 Ng5 35.Kg2 Ne6.
34...h6 35.f3 Nf6 36.Rxc5 e4 37.f4!? e3 38.Rc2 Nd5? 39.Rxd5 e2 40.Bf2 e1=Q 41.Bxe1 Rxe1 42.Ra2
And White won.
Anish Giri-Viswanathan Anand
Wijk aan Zee 2013
Black to move
White is a pawn up, but with his queen on the other side of the board his kingside attack has come to a dead end.
32...Qb6!