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Eliminating the more active of White's bishops.
2.Bxd5+ Qxd5 3.0-0-0
Quite an unnatural place for the king, but after 3.0-0 Nd4 4.Nxd4 cxd4 , followed by ...Nc6, the absence of the fianchettoed bishop leaves him rather unprotected on g1.
3...Nd4!
Seizing the centre and vacating c6 for the other knight.
4.Ne3 Qd7 5.Nc3 Nbc6 6.Kb1 b5 7.Rdf1 Ba5
Black has a clear initiative.
Yakovich - Makarov
Elista 2001
White to move
Turning down the rook exchange in view of his space advantage. Besides, the white rook has more prospects on a1 than its colleague on e8, such as Ra1-a6, attacking the b6-pawn.
1...Nh5
1...Ra8? 2.Rxa8 Bxa8 3.Nb5+-
2.Qf2 Nf4 3.Be3 Ne6 4.Nd5! Bxd5 5.cxd5 Ng5 6.Bb5!
Stepping up the pressure.
6...Rf8 7.Rc1 Qd8 8.h4 Nh7 9.Qg3!
White is winning.
Karpov - Timman
Amsterdam 1991
White to move
Speeding up his development and supporting the further idea of Nd6. Now if Black swaps on f4, his active knight disappears and White's remaining bishop on b3 becomes very strong.