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Black wisely tries to escape with his king, and he should have stuck to this plan on the coming moves.
8.Rh1 a5?! 9.Qc3 Qf6 10.Qc1 Qh6 11.Kg1 Bd7 12.g4
White has a clear initiative.
Reshevsky - Mecking
Sousse Interzonal 1967
White to move
Preparing Nd1-e3 in order to exploit the blockading square on e3 in a more powerful way.
1...Nf6?!
Preferable was 1...Bf6 2.Ng2 Ng7 with just a slight disadvantage – Trifunovic.
2.Nd1 Ng8 3.Ne3 Qf6 4.Bg2 Rae8 5.Qe2 Ne7 6.g4!
A key advance that gains space and softens up the pawn on e4.
6...Kg8
6...fxg4 7.Nxg4! Qxf4 8.Qxe4+! Qxe4 9.Bxe4+ Kg8 10.Bg3 with a big advantage – Trifunovic.
7.Bg3 fxg4 8.hxg4
Now the e4-pawn has become weak, besides which Black has a constant problem with the passive knight on a6.
8...Ng6 9.Nhf5 Bh8 10.Nxh6+ Kh7 11.Nhf5
White converted his extra pawn into victory.
Nimzowitsch - Capablanca
New York 1927
Black to move
Fighting against the blockade on d4.
2.Nxf5 gxf5 3.Qf3
3.Qxh5? Rh8 4.Qf3 Rh4 White has a problem with the f4-pawn