Two rooks on the seventh rank are a fearful strength. Instead of the tempting bishop retreat to e2, White finds a way to pose threats against the enemy king.
Now, the white rook gets the f6-square, and Black loses another pawn on the kingside.
More tenacious was 26...Bh8!, although after a line such as 27.Kxe2 a5 28.Rfe7 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Ra7 Bg7 31.Rxa5 Bf8 32.Ra7 Be7 33.Kf3 h5 34.Bb6!, with the idea of transferring the bishop via c7 to d6, White retains good winning chances.
More tenacious was 26...Bh8!, although after a line such as 27.Kxe2 a5 28.Rfe7 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Ra7 Bg7 31.Rxa5 Bf8 32.Ra7 Be7 33.Kf3 h5 34.Bb6!, with the idea of transferring the bishop via c7 to d6, White retains good winning chances.
27.Kxe2 Rdb8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rf6 Re8 30.Rxg6+ Kh7 31.Rf6 a5 32.f5 exf5 33.f4 Ra8 34.Rxf5 a4 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Ra7! Rxa7 37.Bxa7 Ba3 38.Bd4 Bc1 39.f5 Kf7 40.Kd3 a3 41.Kc2 Bf4 42.h3 h5 43.Kb3 Bc1 44.Bc5 Bb2 45.e6+ Kf6 46.Bxa3 Be5
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Paul Keres Istvan Bilek Leipzig ol 1960 White to move
Black has not managed to evacuate his king (the queenside looks relatively the safest), and the game is now decided by energetic play along the central files:
19.Qxe5 f6 20.Nxf6+ Kf7 21.Qe6+ Kf8 22.Rhe1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Nd7+ 1-0
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Konstantin Sakaev 2600 Andrei Kharlov 2605 Budapest 1996 White to move
Black had calculated that White could not play 15.Bd2, because of the check at a1. But White simply ignores the queenside, evacuating his king to a safe place, and then begins an attack on the kingside:
Black had only counted on 16.bxc3 Nxc3 17.Bd1 Qe4 18.Ba3 Nd7, with an unclear battle.
White breaks through to the black king, who even fails to escape to relative safety on the queenside.