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7.Nh2 Rce8 8.Kh1 Be6 9.b3 Nb4 10.Bg2 Bd5 11.Nf3 Re6!?
, followed by ...Qe7, yields Black a clear advantage – Botvinnik.
Larsen - Sax
Linares 1983
Black to move
Provoking e3-e4 in order to soften up the f4-square.
2.e4 Qc6 3.Ra3 Rfd8 4.Bg5 h6! 5.Be3
5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Kh1 Ng6 7.Rg1 Kh7 with a slight advantage – Sax.
5...Ng6 6.c4 Nh5!
Black starts working on the f4 weakness.
7.c5 bxc5 8.bxc5 Rab8 9.Bc4 Nhf4 10.Qa2 Qc7! 11.Qa1 Qe7
Heading for g5 or h4, with an initiative.
Romanishin - Suba
Moscow 1986
White to move
Before taking on e6 White provokes ...g7-g6 to soften up the opponent's dark squares.
1...g6
1...Ng6 2.Rg5!? preparing h4-h5 is one of several possibilities.
2.Bf4 Ned7 3.Bxe6 Rxc5 4.Be3!
Enabling a future Bd4.
4...Rc6 5.Bh3 Re8 6.Rd1 Rc2 7.h5!
Some surprising dynamics that helps to activate the rook on g1.