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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
. . . and White converted his advantage.
Andrey Swnets-Vilka Sipila
London 2012
White to move
The most direct approach to gain further entrance on the queenside and eliminate Black's attacking bishop. True, White is very comfortable, having made considerable headway on the queenside already.
22...Qc7
The attempt to preserve the bishop with 22...Bd7 runs into 23.b5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Rh6 25.Nc6 Qe8 26.Ra8 when Black's
attack is not strong enough.
23.Nxc8! Nxc8 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rxa6 Nxa6 26.Rb1