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2...Nf3+ 3.Bxf3 exf3 4.Rxf3 Qxf3
Intending ...Rac8-c6-g6 with a strong attack.
Sherwin - Ivkov
Copenhagen 1953
White to move
A prophylactic retreat that lets White react in different ways to Black's two main options, 1...b5 and 1...Nb6.
1...Nb6
1...b5? 2.d5! exd5 3.Nxd5 with a strong initiative.
2.Ne5 Bd7?!
2...Nbd5 would be better although after 3.Qf3 Qd6 4.Bg5 White also would exert considerable pressure.
3.Qf3! Qc8 4.Bg5 Bc6 5.Qh3 Bd5 6.Bb1 g6 7.Qh4 Qd8 8.Re3!
Heading for h3 with a strong attack. The game concluded
8...Nc8 9.g4! Nd6 10.Rh3 Nde8 11.Qh6 Bg2 12.Kxg2 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.g5 Bc5 15.Ne4!
Black resigned.
Hellsten - Nielsen
Copenhagen 1996
White to move
Withdrawing the king from the vulnerable g1-a7 diagonal and covering the e1-square.
1...Bd6
1...Bxf2 2.Rd7 Re1+ 3.Kxf2 Re2+ 4.Kf3 +-
2.Rxd6! Rxd6 3.Rxd6 Qxd6 4.Qb7+ Kh6 5.Qxa8 Qd1+ 6.Be1
White is winning.
Carlsen - Kramnik
London 2009
Black to move