In addition to his material advantage, White can add the plus of the weakened enemy king.
24...Rb6 25.h4 e5 26.Qf2 Bg4 27.Qe3 f6 28.h5 Ne7 29.Qe4+ Bf5 30.Qb4 Rb7 31.Rf1 Bc8 32.Qe4+ Kg7 33.g4
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Anton Korobov 2705 Sergei Zhigalko 2667 Baku 2012 Black to move
This example reminds us of the importance of knowing the opening well, and thoroughly analysing one’s own games. White had prepared for the game, but Black had done so significantly better.
There is already no defence! It turned out that Sergei Zhigalko had had this position on his board at home, and, what is even more important, he remembered its assessment!
It was essential to test the opponent in the variation 22.Bxc6 Nxf1 23.Bg2 Rg6 24.f4, although here too, Black wins:
24...Nxe3! (24...Nxh2? 25.Kh1! is already good for White) 25.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 e4 27.Bc1 Rxg2 28.Qxg2 Qb3 29.Rxd6 Nf8 30.Bb2 g6 31.h4 Qxc4 32.h5 Rc8 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Rxg6+ Nxg6 35.Qxg6+ Kf8 36.Qxf5+ Ke8–+.
24...Nxe3! (24...Nxh2? 25.Kh1! is already good for White) 25.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 e4 27.Bc1 Rxg2 28.Qxg2 Qb3 29.Rxd6 Nf8 30.Bb2 g6 31.h4 Qxc4 32.h5 Rc8 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Rxg6+ Nxg6 35.Qxg6+ Kf8 36.Qxf5+ Ke8–+.
22...Bxf3 23.Rd2 Qg4 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Rf2 Rc8 26.c5 bxc5 27.Qf7 Nf6 28.Qe6 Rg8 29.Qxd6 Ne4 30.Qxe5 Ng5
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Anatoly Karpov 2740 Veselin Topalov 2640 Dos Hermanas 1994 White to move
When the queen is on e4 and the rook on e8, one naturally wants to be able to fork them. The f6-square is guarded only by the king, and is under an x-ray from the white queen. Thus, we get the following tactical motif:
As a result of a forcing combination, two black bishops are under attack.