Knights prefer closed positions

A beautiful games of using the knights in a closed positions and a double rook exchange offer. That was twice rejected. A pleasure to study this game.

Tilburg
Salov, Valery (2710) vs. Portisch, Lajos (2610)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. c5 f5 14. Ne2 Bf6 15. Qc3 a5 16. b4 a4 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. f4 Bd8 19. g4 Nf6 20. h3 Bd7 21. Kh2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rg1 Be8 24. Qe1 Qe7 25. g5 h5 26. g6 h4 27. Rg5 Rf6 28. Qf2 Qc7 29. Rcg1 Ra7 30. Rg1g4 Rf5 31. Qxh4 Bf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Rg5 Bd7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Ng3 Qb7 37. Nxf5+ Bxf5 38. Rxf5 Ra8 39. Qh7 Ke6 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Ng4+ Ke6 42. f5+

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