Winning Chess Middlegames – Volume 2

This structure occured in the game played between Zoltan Almasi and Ivan Sokolov in Wijk aan Zee, Hoogovens Open in 1995. On move 16, Sokolov had the chance to take on e3, changing the nature of the position. How would you evaluate 16…Nxe3? In the game, Sokolov played 16…Qd6.

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