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Efim Geller Vassily Smyslov Zurich 1953 Black to move
Black has managed to create a perfect structure against the doubled c-pawns. How do we keep putting pressure on the position?
13...Na5!
Now the black knight and bishop put pressure against c4 and this forces the white bishop and queen to protect it.
14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Qc6!
Intending to eliminate one of the defenders of c4.
16.Qc2 f5
The only move that parries Be4 and Bxh7+.
17.Qa2 Qa4 -/+
Another piece comes to attack the c4 weakness!
Jimenez Zerquera
Bent Larsen
Havana 1967
Black to move
In this balanced position, one of the best players of the world from the last century and even an analyst of the ex-world champion Robert James Fischer came up with a very interesting strategic idea: trade the fianchettoed bishop for the centralized knight on e5.
14...Nxe5 is also very playable and natural.
15.dxe5 d4!
Larsen is right to consider that doubling the pawns on the e-file is fine since the white dark-squared bishop will not be strong and Black will have nice control over the center and the open f-file.
16.Bh6 Rfd8!
The only good square for the rook, supporting the d4-pawn.
17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Rfe1
And we need to be fast now since White is now threatening to play Qg4 once the e5-pawn is protected by the rook.
18...Rd5! 19.Bf4?!
White tries to protect the e5-pawn, but now we can clearly see how the black knight is superior to the white bishop.