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. Mission accomplished, with a clear positional advantage. There followed
8.f6 g6 9.Qh6?! Rg8 10.Rf3 Qb1+ 11.Bc1 g5! 12.Rf1 Nxc3
and Black soon won.
Pedersen - Mortensen
Danish Team Championship 2009
White to move
Creating weaknesses on c5 and c6.
1...bxc6
1...Qxc6 2.Qxc6 bxc6 3.Nc5 with a superior endgame, reminiscent of the encounter P.Benko-S.Reshevsky, US Championship, New York 1968.
2.Qc3 Rb8 3.Nc5
White already has the better chances thanks to his strong knight and the sad bishop on c8.
Piket - Oll
Manila Olympiad 1992
Black to move
A timely exchange that damages White's pawn structure and secures the f4-square for the knight.
2.gxf3 Qg5+!
Exploiting the mating threat in order to swap the active white queen as well.
3.Qxg5 hxg5 4.Ba4 Rb8!
Heading for b4 to intimidate the bishop and protect the c4-pawn.
5.Rd2 Rb4 6.Ra1 Rd8 7.d7 Kf8 8.Rc2 Ke7
The passed pawn has been neutralized, while the white rooks lack active prospects. Next Black may consider ...Rdb8 and ...Nd3 to put pressure on b2.
Bronstein - Tartakower
Saltsjobaden Interzonal 1948
White to move