Preparing Kf4 and e4-e5 with a clear endgame advantage.

Eliminating the opponent's bishop pair and taking the game closer to an endgame, where Black is favoured by his mobile pawn majority.

2.Be5? f6 the bishop is in trouble.

Preparing to improve the knight by ...Ng8-f6(e7).

The first step in the pawn majority advance.

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.

1.Qg5!

Swapping queens to reach an endgame where the pawn structure speaks in White's favour.

1...Qxf2? 2.Rf3 Qg1 3.Bb5! White wins material.

The exchange of rooks will help White in attacking the weak pawns on a7 and c7.