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Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez
Ivan Salgado Lopez
ESP-ch 2017
White to move
A positional exchange sacrifice. White tries to bury the black light-squared bishop and activate the d3-bishop.
1.Rbb1? a very natural move and the one White played in the game but after 1...c5! Black opens the diagonal, and the bishop becomes a monster! Black consolidates the advantage and Salgado went on to win this game.
1...Nxb6 2.cxb6 Raa8 3.Bc4
The knight finds a nice route via b3 and c5, putting a lot of pressure against e6, and with this along with the possibility of pushing the pawn to a5 to reinforce the b6-pawn, the exchange is more than compensated for!
Marc Andria Maurizzi
Mihailo Djokic
EU-ch 2023
White to move
Dual purpose. First of all, it attacks the rook with tempo; second, it blocks the diagonal for the queen, which is now very passive.
21...Rcd8 22.c5!
A very strong move, supporting the d6-square, where White plans to place a rook!
22...Qb8 23.Rd6!
Capping the d-file and the e7-bishop. If Black captures the rook, White gets a protected passed pawn and a lethal bishop on the main diagonal!
23...Bxf3
23...Bxd6?! 24.Ng5! g6 25.exd6 with a decisive advantage! Look at that bishop on b2!
24.gxf3 Nh6 25.Nd7 Qc7 26.Nxf8
White is the one now winning an exchange! Life is a rollercoaster!
Liren Ding
Ian Nepomniachtchi

World-ch 2023
Black to move
Fantastic positional sacrifice by Nepo. Black will take on d4, getting a very important central pawn. Once d4 is off the board, the c5 square is available for the dark-squared bishop and the bishop pair is extremely dangerous for white. Black has another rook to use the g-file and has total domination of the dark squares.
2.Nxg5 Nxd4 3.Qh5 f6 4.Nf3 Nxc2 5.Rxc2 Bxe4