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You might have been afraid of Black’s marching central pawns. However, White easily manages to coordinate his pieces.
28…d5 29.Nf3 Bd6 30.Be3 d4 31.cxd4 exd4 32.Bd2
Already Black’s central pawn mass has come to a standstill; the white pieces continue to improve their positions.
32…Nh5 33.Ra1 Qb7 34.Nh4 Nf6 35.Ng6 Ne4 36.Bf4 Bxf4 37.Nxf4 Qb8 38.g3 d3 39.Bd5 Qe5 40.Ra8 g5
And Black resigned.
Hikaru Nakamura-Maria Muzychuk
Gibraltar 2016
White to move
A clear refutation.
17…cxd5 18.exd5 Bg3
18…Nxd5 fails to 19.Qe4+.
19.Nf3
With three strong central pawns for the piece Nakamura soon prevailed.
19…0-0 20.Rg1 Qc7 21.Bc4 Ba6 22.d6 Bxd6 23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qxh6+ Nh7 25.Ng5 Ndf6 26.Rdf1
Black resigned.
Ildar Khairullin-Igor Lysyj
Chita ch-RUS 2015
As …Qxc5 runs into Rbc1, Black seems to be forced to take on d6. Or can you spot a way out?
This position had already occurred a couple of times in practice. White did not manage to win a single one of these games, and indeed Black appears to have a safe fortress. Obviously White will not be able to create a passed pawn on the queenside. Without that, making progress on the kingside turns out to be impossible.
Ognjen Cvitan-Jure Skoberne
Slovenia 2014
What should Black play?
Looking a little further, it will help if you start searching for ways to keep the h4-knight off-side.