At the cost of another pawn, the king has found a safe place. All Black’s other pieces are pointing at the white king. White is utterly helpless.

If 24.Ne3 Rxh3 25.gxh3 Rxh3 wins.

And Black won.

Again a well-known manoeuvre, making use of the weak c6-square.

Here the 1997 Junior World Champion slips up. He could have reached the desired better endgame with the cunning 30…Bxc6 31.Nxc6 Bf4 32.Bxf4 Nxf4 33.Nxd8 (33.Kf1 Rd7) 33…Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Nxc1 35.Nb7 Rc2.

Another mistake, after which White obtains a typical good knight versus bad bishop and is even a pawn to the good.

31…Rxc1 32.Rxc1 exd5 33.Nc6 Rc8! 34.Bxd6 Bb7 leaves White only slightly better.

And Gligoric neatly converted his edge:

White maintains an initiative. This endgame from the Queen’s Gambit Accepted proves surprisingly uncomfortable for Black. Also without queens White has more than sufficient activity!