Giving up the knight in exchange for two powerful connected passed pawns.

2...bxc3 3.Nxc6 Nf6 4.Qxc3 Bf8 5.Rxa8! Rxa8 6.Ra1! Ne4 7.Qb2 Re8 8.Ne5

With the strong threat of 9 b6, which obliges Black to take radical measures.

Now the passed pawns win the game.

With a quick win.

Sacrificing the exchange in order to create counterplay.

The bishop exchange will leave the white kingside without defenders.

A complex position has arisen, where Black's active pieces and the misplaced knight on a4 seem to compensate for the material deficit.

Preparing e3-e4 in order to advance the kingside majority.

After 2...dxe4 3.fxe4 Ng4 4.Rcd1 White is also better.