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1.Rbb1? a very natural move and the one White played in the game but after 1...c5! Black opens the diagonal, and the bishop becomes a monster! Black consolidates the advantage and Salgado went on to win this game.
1...Nxb6 2.cxb6 Raa8 3.Bc4
The knight finds a nice route via b3 and c5, putting a lot of pressure against e6, and with this along with the possibility of pushing the pawn to a5 to reinforce the b6-pawn, the exchange is more than compensated for!
Marc Andria Maurizzi
Mihailo Djokic
EU-ch 2023
White to move
Dual purpose. First of all, it attacks the rook with tempo; second, it blocks the diagonal for the queen, which is now very passive.
21...Rcd8 22.c5!
A very strong move, supporting the d6-square, where White plans to place a rook!
22...Qb8 23.Rd6!
Capping the d-file and the e7-bishop. If Black captures the rook, White gets a protected passed pawn and a lethal bishop on the main diagonal!
23...Bxf3
23...Bxd6?! 24.Ng5! g6 25.exd6 with a decisive advantage! Look at that bishop on b2!
24.gxf3 Nh6 25.Nd7 Qc7 26.Nxf8
White is the one now winning an exchange! Life is a rollercoaster!
Liren Ding
Ian Nepomniachtchi

World-ch 2023
Black to move
Fantastic positional sacrifice by Nepo. Black will take on d4, getting a very important central pawn. Once d4 is off the board, the c5 square is available for the dark-squared bishop and the bishop pair is extremely dangerous for white. Black has another rook to use the g-file and has total domination of the dark squares.
2.Nxg5 Nxd4 3.Qh5 f6 4.Nf3 Nxc2 5.Rxc2 Bxe4
Bishop pair and two pawns for the rook. Black is not even down material anymore!
6.Rd2 Bd6 7.Kh1 c3 8.bxc3 bxc3 9.Rd4 c2 10.Qh6 e5