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Short - Zilber
Hastings 1979
White to move
Softening up the long diagonal for a future battery.
1...fxg5 2.d5! Nxd5
After 2...cxd5 3.Qd4 mate is inevitable, so Black has to give up a piece.
3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Qe3!
Keeping the queens in view of Black's exposed king.
4...f4 5.Qb6
With 6 Ra7 coming up, White has a decisive advantage.
Ye Jiangchuan - Granda Zuniga
Biel Interzonal 1993
Black to move
Heading for h4 to enhance an attack on the white king.
1...Nf6!? 2.Bxf6 Rxf6 3.Bd3 f4 =/+
2.Nc3?!
2.Nd2! , heading for f3, seems preferable, when 2...Qh4 3.Nf3 Qg3 4.Bd3 Rce8 keeps the initiative.
2...Qh4 3.Nb5 Nf6! 4.Bxf6
4.Nxd6? Ng4! 5.Nxc8 Qg3 -+
4...Rxf6 5.Rc3 f4 6.Qc2 Nd7 7.Qe4 Qh5! 8.Qf3 Qg5 9.c5 Ne5 10.Qe2 dxc5 11.d6 b6
With a sound extra pawn and preserved attacking chances, Black is clearly better.
Karpov - Polugaevsky
Moscow 1974
White to move