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Now White is ready to enter Black's position on the queenside, while a black attack on the other side has lost considerable sting now the light-squared bishop from c8 has disappeared. White converted his big advantage.
Ilya Smirin-Sabino Brunello
Yerevan 2014
White to move
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Ilya Smirin-Sabino Brunello Yerevan 2014 White to move
Black targets the a4-pawn. Well, it seems that Kasparov has said that in general, a knight on f5 is worth a pawn. So,
27.d5!
Making way for the knight, en route to f5!
27...Qxa4 28.Nd4 Qb4 29.Rc3 a4 30.Nf5
The killer knight.
30...a3?! 31.bxa3 Rxa3 32.Qd4
Now it is over. White took on c4 and won after a few more moves.
Tycho Dijkhuis-Adrian Tugui
Maastricht 2014
ٌWhite to move
You guessed it!
6...Qa5+
The pawn structure certainly will not bother White in the endgame after 6...dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 e6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.0-0-0 Nfd7 11.f4.
Yet by avoiding the endgame Black soon lands his queen in trouble.
7.Nc3 Qxc5 8.Nd5! Qc6?
8...Nd7 should have been played.
9.b4!
White is virtually winning already.
9...b6 10.b5 axb5 11.c5!