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With better placed pieces and a strong passed pawn, Black has a clear advantage.
Spassky - Donner
Santa Monica 1966
White to move
By attacking the h7-pawn, the knight gets to d6 with tempo.
1...h6 2.Ne4 Qc7
After 2...Nxe5? 3.Nd6 White wins a piece.
3.Nd6 Rd8 4.Rd1 Qb6 5.Rhd4
Thanks to his powerful knight on d6 White is clearly better.
Guerra - Hellsten
Mondariz 2001
Black to move
Creating a protected square for the knight on d4.
2.Bg2 Qa8 3.Nc3
3.Rd2 Nd4 4.Nxd4?! exd4 5.Qd3 f5 6.Re1 Rde8-/+
3...Nd4 4.Nd5 Bxd5
Swapping the strong enemy knight. Unfortunately for White, he can't do the same thing.
5.cxd5 a5! 6.f4 f6 7.f5?
7.h4 intending Bh3 was preferable.
7...a4 8.Bf1 axb3 9.axb3 Qa3 10.Rbb1 Ra8
Intending ...Qb4 and ...Ra2 with a clear advantage thanks to the powerful knight on d4.
Raetsky - Gurevich
Fourmies 1997
Black to move