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4...Bxg2 5.Kxg2 Nc6 6.Qf3 Nd4 7.Qd5+ Rf7 8.Rd1 Qb7 9.Qxb7 Rxb7 10.e3 g5 11.Nf3 Nxf3 12.Kxf3
Thanks to his control of the open file and Black's light square weaknesses, White is clearly better.
Alekhine - Lasker
New York 1924
Black to move
Provoking g3-g4 in order to soften up f4 and the whole h2-b8 diagonal.
2.g4
The only way of saving the d4-pawn.
2...Bf7 3.bxc6 Rc8 4.Qb2 bxc6 5.f5
Parrying the unpleasant threat of 5...Ne6.
5...Qd6 6.Ng2 Bc7 7.Rfe1 h5!
Preparing ...Nh7-g5 in order to swap the defender on f3.
8.h3 Nh7 9.Rxe8+ Rxe8 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Qc1 Ng5! 12.Ne5
12.Nxg5 Qh2+ 13.Kf1 fxg5 with a decisive attack.
12...fxe5 13.Qxg5 e4
Black is winning.
Romanishin - Przewoznik
Polanica Zdroj 1980
White to move
Initiating an attack and provoking a weakness in the enemy pawn structure.
1...h6?!
1...g6 was more solid, when White could try 2.Qh6 Bf8 3.Qh3 followed by Ne4, eyeing the new weakness on f6.