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10.h4 0-0 11.h5 Re8
A) 11…Nxh5 12.Rxh5 gxh5 13.Ng5 f5 14.Ne6 Qe7 15.Nxf8 Qxf8 wins back material and leaves White slightly better;
B) 11…gxh5 12.Nh4; or 12.e3, yielding a big positional plus;
C) 11…Qe7 12.hxg6 fxg6!? 13.e3 ♗xf1 14.♔xf1 ♘bd7?! 15.♘g5, and White had the initiative in Wagner-Pavlovic, Berlin Wch rapid 2015.
12.hxg6 hxg6 13.e3 Qd7 14.Rd1 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Na6 16.Ng5 Nc7 17.f3
White is clearly better, with the rook on h1 well-placed.
Predrag Nikolic-Alexey Dreev
Berlin Wch rapid 2015
Black to move
Undermining White’s stronghold on e5, opening up the diagonal for the dark-squared bishop, while the g-file may prove useful as well on occasion. What more do you want from one move?
22.dxc5
Not the best reaction. 22.g3 would be better.
22…bxc5
22…Bxf4! 23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.cxb6 Qc6 with 25…Qxb6+ to follow.
23.Ne5?
This is no longer a solid spot for the knight.
23…Qg7 24.Ba1 gxf4 25.Qxf4 Bc7
And here Nikolic failed to find the only defense against the threat 26…Rd4!: 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qh4.
Ivan Cheparinov-Daniil Dubov
Turkey 2014
White to move
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Ivan Cheparinov-Daniil Dubov Turkey 2014 White to move
23.e5! dxe5 24.f5! e4 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.cxb5
26.0-0-0 looks like the normal follow-up. After 26…Nxg5 27.hxg5 Black is practically forced to play 27…Nh7, leaving White with a clear plus. Now the game becomes tense again, until Black overlooks an immediately decisive blow.
26…axb5 27.Bxb5 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Ng4 29.0-0-0 Nf2 30.Bxe8 Qxe8 31.Bc3 Nxh1 32.Rxh1 Ba6? 33.Ng4! Be7 34.Rxh5