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Intending ...b5-b4 to weaken the a1-h8 diagonal for the bishop, in particular the d4-square.
2.Nf1 b4 3.cxb4 cxb4 4.Ne3 Rg8 5.Bg3 Bd4!
Now the bishop is doing a great job in helping his colleague to put pressure on g2.
6.Nc4 R8g7 7.Qh5 Kh7 8.Ne3 Qb5 9.Rd2 a6
And subsequently won the game.
Smyslov - Reshevsky
World Championship, 1948
White to move
Giving up the bishop pair in exchange for another advantage: a weak enemy pawn on d6.
1...fxe6 2.Qh4! Qd7
Or 2...Qxh4 3.gxh4 and the d6-pawn falls right away.
3.Qd8+! Qxd8 4.Bxd8 Nd7
After 4...Nc6 5.Bc7 that pawn is also doomed.
5.Bc7 Nc5 6.Rxd6
White wins a pawn with a decisive advantage.
Valiente - Hellsten
Santiago 2007
Black to move
Black "messes up" the game before White manages to consolidate, with a long-term advantage thanks to the bishop pair.
2.c5 Ne4! 3.Nxe4
If 3.Nb1, preparing 4 f3, then 3...f5! with the idea of 4.f3 Nxg3 5.Nxg3 f4+ etc.
3...dxe4 4.h4