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22.Bd3
White's strong pressure against Black's kingside gives him . a clear advantage. Postny elegantly converted this.
Harika Dronavalli-Anna Muzychuk
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014
Black to move
Improving the position of the bishop.
21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rxd8+
Otherwise the beastly bishop will dominate both white rooks on d3 .
22...Rxd8 23.Rd2 Bd3! 24.c4 e5!
Now White slipped up with . . . .
25.Nc1?
. . . and lost quickly after . . .
25...exf4 26.exf4 Bxc4 27.b3 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 e3 29.Qe1 Bd5 30.Qe2 Qe4 31.Nd3 c4
Alexander Grischuk-Anton Shomoev
Loo 2014
White to move
Reaching for the hole on d6 to become an octopus.
19...h6 20.Rd4
The immediate 20.Nd6 was also good.
20...Kh8 21.Nd6
With his last move Black had prepared 21 . . .Bf5 , so Grischuk decides to land the octopus. Within three moves White has established a big space advantage, which is practically winning.
21...Rb8 22.b4 Qc7 23.Qc5 Nd7 24.Qxa7 Nb6 25.Qa5