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Black resigned.
Leko - Lputian
Ljubljana 1995
Black to move
Softening up the f5-square for the knight.
2.gxh5
2.h3?! Ra3! 3.Bc3 hxg4 4.hxg4 Ng6 Black is clearly better – Lputian. In effect White has to look out for both 5...Nxf4 and 5...Qh4.
2...Nxd4 3.Bxd4 Nf5 4.c3 Ra4!
Preparing ...Qa8 in order to enter on the a-file.
5.Bd1 Ra6 6.Qb2 Qa8 7.Qd2 Ra2 8.Rb2 Ra1 9.Kg2 Qa3 10.Bg4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bb5! 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qxc3
Despite the minus pawn Black enjoys a clear initiative and went on to win.
Sveshnikov - Palatnik
Belgrade 1988
White to move
Initiating a majority attack to soften up the enemy kingside.
2...Nc6
2...Bxh4? 3.Qg4+-
3.h5 g5
Black can only keep the material balance by surrendering the b1-h7 diagonal.
4.Bg3 Qd7 5.Qc2 Bf8 6.h6!
Fixing a weakness on h7.
6...Qf7 7.0-0-0 Ne7?! 8.Qa4+ c6 9.c4! a6