Preventing a knight move to g5. Now White has a problem with the d5-pawn.

Before taking the pawn Black continues his promising kingside expansion.

Desperation in a difficult position.

Black soon converted his material advantage.

2.Rxc3? Ne4 3.Bxe7 Nxc3 -+

By means of a tactical trick Black manages to exchange pieces, thus neutralizing the enemy attack.

The point.

Black later converted his material advantage.

White’s compensation for the pawn consists in his control of the square e5, and his pressure on the open files and the long diagonal. In one move, Black changes the character of the struggle.