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21.Qd2 g5
Capturing the e5-pawn with the knight in the next move and we can see how the light squares are extremely weak. Black is much better.
Levon Aronian
Boris Gelfand
Julius Baer GenCup Prelim 2022
White to move
Aronian employs a very interesting positional idea, trading his fianchettoed bishop for a knight. What he gets in return are doubled pawns on the c-file which become easy targets and weaknesses to attack.
13...bxc6 14.Na4!
There we go!
14...Qa5 15.d3
Now White has a very easy plan, to recycle the e1-knight and attack the pawns along the c-file.
15...Rfd8 16.Ng2! Be6 17.Nf4 Bg4 18.Qe1!
Trying to eliminate one of the defenders of c5.
18...Qa6 19.Rc2 +/-
All the white pieces will coordinate along the c-file with tremendous pressure.
Danyyil Dvirnyy
Milan Zajic
EU-ch 2023
White to move
Dvirnyy gives Black now a couple of options: to leave a centralized knight on e5 or to trade it and double pawns.
13...Nxe5 14.fxe5
This doubling of pawns favors White: the f-file has been opened where there is pressure against f7 and White is also controlling important squares such as f6.
14...Rad8 15.Ne2! c5 16.Bb1!
And the combination queen (on c2), bishop and knight on f4 is super dangerous for Black.