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Karpov - Kasparov
World Championship (game 17), Lyons 1990
White to move
Exploiting the motif of a back rank mate in order to seize the open file.
1...Be5!
1...Rxc6?! 2.dxc6 Qc7 (2...Qxc6? 3.Qd8+ Bf8 4.Bh6 +-) 3.Qd7 +/-
2.Bc3!
Forcing the enemy bishop to leave the long diagonal.
2...Bb8
2...Bxc3 3.Qxc3 Rxc6 4.dxc6+/-
3.Qd4 f6 4.Ba5!
Vacating c3 for the queen. Again Black can't take twice on c6 due to the check on d8.
4...Bd6 5.Qc3 Re8 6.a3
With Black having been forced into passivity, White slowly improves his position.
6...Kg7 7.g3 Be5 8.Qc5 h5 9.Bc7!
Winning the c7-square for the rook.
9...Ba1 10.Bf4 Qd7 11.Rc7 Qd8 12.d6 g5 13.d7 Rf8 14.Rd2 Be5 15.Rb7!
Black resigned
Tseitlin - Vasiukov
Telavi 1982

نوبت سیاه
By means of some minor tactics Black manages to advance his pawn majority.