Preparing g3-g4 in order to clear some space for the bishop pair.

Located side by side the pawns deny the enemy knights any protected squares.

Desperate; but after 5...Rh7 6.Rag1 , followed by Ke3 and Bc3, Black is also in deep trouble.

White later won the game.

Clearing some space for the bishops before White manages to consolidate by Nd6, Kg2-f3, etc.

After 2.exf6 gxf6 Black obtains a potential passed pawn, and White loses his outpost on d6.

3.Nxb7? Rb8 4.Rd7? Be8 5.Rc7 Rxb7! 6.Rxb7 Bc6 -+

The bishop shifts to the more promising h1-a8 diagonal.

With ideas like 8...Bf3, winning the battle for the d-file. By now the range of the bishop pair is rather worrying for White, whereas the knights are lacking protected squares. Black later won.