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31…Bh3 32.Bg2
32.Rdd1 is met by 32…Qa3, attacking both the most backward of the doubled pawns as well as the a2-pawn.
32…Re8 33.Qg5 Bxg2
White’s bad bishop was a good defender.
34.Kxg2 Rxe4
Material is equal again, but the pawn structure still favours Black.
35.Rc1 Qd6 36.Kg1 Nd5 37.Rcd1 Re5 0-1
Dimitri Reinderman-Sipke Ernst
Amsterdam ch-NED 2012
Black to move
Black is two pawns down and has just repeated moves with 24…Qb1+ 25.Nc1 Qg6 26.Ne2. Should he indeed be satisfied with a draw?
No! White’s king is in the middle, and in big trouble, because castling is impossible in view of mate on g2. Black brings on his reserves.
27.Rxc8 Rxc8
Without the rook on c7, White’s position clearly looks weaker, and in fact he is just lost. His king is vulnerable and lingering, and the h1-rook is out of play. Black avoided one more pitfall:
28.f3 Re8!
And not 28…Qb1+ 29.Kf2 Qxh1, in view of 30.Qf5, winning back material. The text move gains a piece.
29.Bg5 Qd3 30.Qd2 Bc3 31.Qxc3 Qxe2# 0-1
Jacek Tomczak-Jasem Al Huwar
Warsaw 2018
Black to move
How would you judge this position?
White is clearly better. Both his bishops exert significant pressure on the black queenside on neighboring diagonals. Black has great difficulty in continuing his development. The exchange of queens has not brought any relief. The actual game went:
13…Nd7 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Nb3 e5 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Na5!
An excellent post on the edge of the board this time.
17…e4