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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).
4.Qe2 Qc7 5.Rxd8 Rxd8 6.Rd1 Rxd1+ 7.Qxd1 f5!
The first step in the pawn majority advance.
8.Qd2 Ng8 9.Bg2 Nf6 10.Bf3 e5 11.Kf1 e4 12.Be2 Kf7 13.Ke1 Qe5
With the long-term plan of ...Kg7, ...h7-h6, ...g6-g5 and ...f5-f4, whereas White is unable to do the same thing on the queenside.
Spassky - Petrosian
World Championship, Moscow 1966
White to move
Swapping queens to reach an endgame where the pawn structure speaks in White's favour.