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6...Qg4! 7.Be3
7.Qxd6 Rf2 8.Rg1 Qxg2! with mate.
7...Bxe3 8.Qxe3 Rf4
With the double idea of 9...Nxe4 and 9...Ref8. Black is clearly better – Beliavsky.
Beliavsky - Lautier
Linares 1994
White to move
Redirecting the passive bishop to the h3-c8 diagonal where it will complicate Black's long castling.
1...Nd4
1...Nxg3? 2.Rh8 Bf8 3.Bh3 Qd6 4.Qe1! Ngh5 5.f4 , destroying the black defence
2.f4!
The game saw 2.Rh8+?! Bf8 3.Bh3 Qd6 4.f4 Nxd5 and Black eventually saved a draw.
2...Nf3 3.Qe2 Nxg5 4.fxg5 Ng8 5.Rh8 Kf8 6.Bh3! Qe7 7.Ne4!
Intending Qh5-h7, as well as 8 Qg4! followed by 9 Nf6. White has an overwhelming initiative.
Benko - Najdorf
Los Angeles 1963
White to move
Preparing Nd1-e3-f5.
1...Ng6 2.Nd1! Rc8
Other moves, such as 2...b5 , can be answered in the same way.
3.Ne3 Rc7
If 3...Ne7 , covering f5, then 4.Rh5 f6 5.Qd1! followed by Qf1-h3.