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5...Rc8 6.Rd1! Rc2 7.Rd7! Rxg2+ 8.Kf1 Rxa2 9.e6! Bd5 10.Rxf7+ Kg8 11.Rf8+ Kg7 12.Rxe8
With the double threat of 13 Bf6+ and 13 e7. White soon won.
Sokolov - Baikov
Moscow 1992
White to move
To eliminate Black's bishop pair and take the game closer to the ending, in consideration of the favourable pawn structure.
1...Bxe3
1...Bd6? 2.Bxb6+-
1...Be7?! the knight is deprived of its destiny on e7.
2.Nxe3 Ne7 3.Nd4 Bf7 4.f4
White starts pushing his pawn majority.
4...Re8 5.Kf2 Ng6 6.f5!
Parrying both threats at the pawns on e4 and f4. Now if Black installs a knight on e5, White can always swap it off.
6...Ne5 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Nd1 b5 9.a3 c5 10.Nf3 Kc7 11.g4! h6 12.Kg3
Preparing Kf4 and e4-e5 with a clear endgame advantage.
De la Riva Aguado - Ponomariov
Pamplona 2005
Black to move
Eliminating the opponent's bishop pair and taking the game closer to an endgame, where Black is favoured by his mobile pawn majority.
2.Bxh6
2.Be5? f6 the bishop is in trouble.
2...Nxh6 3.Bh3 Kg7!
Preparing to improve the knight by ...Ng8-f6(e7).