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4.h3 e5! White is also in big trouble.
4...Nxd4! 5.Nxd4 Rxf2+ 6.Qxf2 Nxf2 7.Kxf2 e5
Not just attacking the knight, also mobilizing the remaining pieces to the kingside. There followed:
8.Nb3 Bh3! 9.Be2 Rf8+ 10.Kg1 Qf7 11.Kh2 Qe6 12.Rad1 Rf2+ 13.Kh1 d4
And the attack soon took its toll.
Bareev - Speelman
Hastings 1991
White to move
In order to seize the d6-square with the knight, even at the cost of the exchange.
1...f5 2.Nd6 bxc5 3.bxc5 Bxa1 4.Qxa1
Now White's control of the long diagonal adds to his compensation.
4...Rb3 5.Rd1! Ba6 6.Bxa6 Rxe3
6...Nxa6 7.Nxf5! gxf5 8.Rxd8 Rxd8 9.Qe5 +-
7.Nxf5 gxf5 8.Rxd8 Rxd8 9.Bc4
Thanks to his strong passed pawn and the exposed black king, White is practically winning.
Klovans - Nataf
Pardubice 2002
Black to move
By tactical means Black nullifies the weak squares on d5 and e4.
2.Qxe4?
Instead, 2.Qd1 was correct, when 2...Ne7 3.Be6 Bf4 4.g3 Rf6! 5.Bh3 Bh6 6.Qa1 Nc6 yields Black a slight advantage – Nataf. The desired ...d6-d5 is just one move away.
2.Bxe4? also failed to d5.
2...Ne7! 3.Bb7 d5 4.Qd4 Qc7! 5.Ne5 Nf5 6.Qg4 Bh6 7.Nd3 Rxc3 8.Ba6 Qb6! 9.Re1 g6!
Avoiding any tricks with 10 Qxf5. Incapable of saving his bishop, White resigned.