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And now two pieces are hanging - the game is over. Black resigned after three more moves.
Tigran Kotanjian-Tigran L Petrosian
Yerevan 2013
White to move
The second logical thing that springs to mind is preserving your queen for an attack. When your only plan is going for the enemy king, you should logically avoid the exchange of the most dangerous attacker.
30.Qd2?
A strange decision, as now White will be two pawns down with the queens off. It is well known that opposite-colored bishops with the major pieces on the board favor the attacker. So White should have fearlessly gone for 30.Kg3 Qe5+ 31.Bf4.
30...Qxd2+ 31.Bxd2 fxe5 32.Bg5
White still has compensation due to the passive black pieces, but he loses track further on.
32...Rg8 33.Rh7 a5 34.Rd1 Rg6
35.Rd2?
A mistake. White could have played 35.Rh8+ Rg8 36.Rxh5 with compensation.
35...a4 36.f4?! exf4 37.Bxf4 Rd8 38.Rc7? d5!
Now Black gets rid of his weaknesses, while activating his rooks and preserving the h -pawn. He won on move 49.
Alexander Shimanov-Pia Cramling
Stockholm 2012
White to move
Logically enough, a queen exchange can also be used as a defensive resource, putting an end to the opponent's attack. In the diagram position Black has some play on the light squares on the kingside, but:
31.Qd1! Qxd1+ 32.Rdxd1
White has found a safe way to increase his advantage.
32...Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4