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9...Bf8 10.Ned5 Nd7 11.Qe3 Rc6 12.Qf3 Qc8 13.Ne4
With an overwhelming positional advantage.
Denker - Botvinnik
USA-USSR radio match 1945
Black to move
Provoking f2-f3 in order to soften up the dark squares around the white king.
2.f3 d3!
Clearing the g1-a7 diagonal for the bishop.
3.Qc1 Bc5+ 4.Kh1
Now the knight on g3 becomes exposed;
4.Be3 d2! 5.Qcd2 Ne5 -+
4...Qd6! 5.Qf4 Rxh2+! 6.Kxh2 Rh8+ 7.Qh4 Rxh4+ 8.Bxh4 Qf4
White resigned.
Karlsson - Berg
Stockholm (blitz) 2005
White to move
By hitting the a7-pawn and hampering ...g7-g6, White provokes the undesirable ...c6-c5.
1...c5
1...a5 2.0-0-0 leaves Black without reasonable moves.
2.Qd2
Now a weak square has appeared on d5.
2...Qf7 3.h5 Be7 4.Nd5! Nxd5 5.Bxd5 Be6 6.h6! Bxd5 7.hxg7 Rg8 8.Qxd5