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Black is also worse after 17...gxh4 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Bh3 0-0-0 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Ng5!? Qg8 22.Rxf5 Kb8 23.Kh2+/=. Although the white king is exposed, Black cannot bring up any reserves to attack it, as his knights on b6 and c6 are virtually just spectators. This means that White effectively has two extra pieces on the kingside!
18.Ng5 Bc8
18...Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qd7 20.Nf4±.
19.Rh2 a5 20.Ng3 Ra6 21.Be3 Na4 22.Qc2 Rf8 23.Rf2!
The f5-pawn cannot be held.
23...Qd7 24.e6
Black resigned.
Viswanathan Anand 2770
Michael Adams 2670
Madrid 1998

White to move
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Viswanathan Anand 2770 Michael Adams 2670 Madrid 1998 White to move
White has a bishop that has no good square. After his next move, however, such a square appears, and the black king is seriously weakened:
36.Nf6+! gxf6 37.Bxh4 Rg4 38.Bxf6 Ne3
Other replies are no better.
39.Rxc7
Black resigned.
Maxim Turov 2539
Valery Popov 2587
Russia 2006
Black to move
40...Rxg2+! 41.Nxg2 Rg6 42.Qe2 e3 43.Ra2 Kf7
A picturesque position. White is completely stalemated.
44.Rb2 Bd8
There is no defence against the transfer of the bishop to f2. White resigned.
Robert Byrne
Robert Fischer
New York ch-USA 1963
Black to move