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Ivkov - Kagan
Petropolis 1973
Black to move
Preparing 2...h6 and 3...Bg5 to eliminate White's "good" bishop.
2.Rfd1 h6 3.Rb1 Bg5 4.a3
Getting on with the plan of b3-b4.
4...Bxe3 5.fxe3 fxe4 6.Bxe4 Rf7 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 Nd7!
Avoiding 8...Nxe4?! 9.Nxe4, when White gets closer to achieving c4-c5. In the game Black keeps the important c5-square under control, whereas the bishop isn't really doing anything on e4.
9.Bd3 Raf8
Black has no problems.
Stolberg - Botvinnik
Moscow 1940
Black to move
Preparing Bf5 in order to swap White's good bishop. Besides this, there now appears the threat of ...Bxh3.
2.f4?!
This weakens e4 for the rest of the game.
2...Bf5 3.Qc2 Be4!
Exploiting the protected square. White's next move makes things worse, but his game was difficult anyway.
4.b5?! Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Na5! 6.Ng3 Nc4 7.Bc1 Rac8 8.Ra2 Bf8 9.a4 Bb4
With strong pressure.
Karpov - Parma
Caracas 1970
White to move
By attacking the d6-pawn White prepares 2 Bf3 in order to swap bishops, after which the weaknesses on d5 and d6 will become easier to exploit.