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Fighting against the blockade on d4.
2.Nxf5 gxf5 3.Qf3
3.Qxh5? Rh8 4.Qf3 Rh4 White has a problem with the f4-pawn
3...Kg6 4.Red2 Re4!
By this and his next move Black again directs all his attention to the d4-square.
5.Rd4 Rc4! 6.Qf2 Qb5 7.Kg3 Rcxd4 8.cxd4 Qc4 9.Kg2 b5!
Opening a new front. The game concluded:
10.Kg1 b4 11.axb4 axb4 12.Kg2 Qc1!
Zugzwang.
13.Kg3 Qh1 14.Rd3 Re1 15.Rf3 Rd1 16.b3 Rc1 17.Re3 Rf1
White resigned.
Petrosian - Simagin
Moscow 1956
White to move
Preparing a blockade on e4.
1...gxf5
Obviously 1...Rxf5 just helps White to accomplish his plan by 2.Ne4.
2.g4!
Winning the battle for the e4-square.
2...fxg4 3.Ne4 Bf4
3...gxf3 4.Rxf3 Bf4 5.Be3 , with ideas like Rg1+, White obtains a strong initiative.