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4.Nxd6 Qxd6 5.a4 b5! 6.Nc3
6.axb5 axb5 7.Qxb5? Ba6 -+
6...Bd7 7.Qc2
This time the attempt to grab a pawn by 7.axb5 axb5 8.Nxb5? Qb8! -+
7...Rfe8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Ra1 Rxa1 10.Rxa1 Qe5 11.Rd1 b4! 12.Na2 Qe2
Attacking the weak b2-pawn with a strong initiative.
Konstantinopolsky - Kotov
Baku 1946
Black to move
Provoking the e4-e5 advance in order to install a blockade on d5.
2.e5 Nd5 3.Bd2 h4!
The simplest choice, creating a new weakness.
4.Rf2 Rg6 5.Ref1 hxg3 6.hxg3 Qe6!
Preparing ...Re7 with a more efficient defence of the f7-pawn.
7.Kg2 Re7 8.Rh1 Qg4!
Parrying the threat of 9 Qh5. Thanks to his strong knight and the weak pawns on d4 and g3, Black has a more comfortable game.
Karpov - Taimanov
USSR Spartakiad 1983
White to move
Preparing a blockade by Nf3 and Bd4, even at the cost of a pawn.
1...exf5 2.Nf3! Rxc2 3.Bd4 Qc6
3...Qxb3? 4.Qh4! with a far improved version of the game