Training with Taimanov Variation

In the following puzzles, it is Black to play.

The following are the original sources.

[Event "13th EICC"]

[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]

[Date "2012.03.30"]

[Round "10.72"]

[White "Popovic, Du"]

[Black "Arsovic, Z"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2561"]

[BlackElo "2435"]

[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Qf2 e5 15.h4 Rb8 16.Ba7 Rb7 17.Bc5 g6 18.Bh3 Ng7 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.b3 Ne6 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Kb2 a5 23.a4 bxa4 24.Nxa4 Rcb8 25.Rd3 Rb4 26.Ra1 Nd4 27.f4 c5 28.Rc3 c4 29.Ra3 cxb3 30.cxb3 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "TCh-NED Meesterklasse 2011-12"]

[Site "Netherlands NED"]

[Date "2012.03.31"]

[Round "8.6"]

[White "Haast, A"]

[Black "Kabatianski, A"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2264"]

[BlackElo "2410"]

[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Be2 g6 15.a3 Ba5 16.Bc5 Rfc8 17.Bd6 Qb7 18.b4 Bc7 19.Rhf1 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Qc7 21.f4 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Ng7 23.Kb2 Ra7 24.Bf3 Rac7 25.Rf2 Kf8 26.h4 Ke7 27.Rd3 Bb7 28.Rfd2 Rh8 29.h5 h6 30.gxh6 Nxh5 31.Bxh5 gxh5 32.a4 bxa4 33.Nxa4 Bxe4 34.Rd4 Bc6 35.Nc5 Ra7 36.c4 Rxh6 37.Kc3 h4 38.Rh2 h3 39.Rd3 Bg2 40.b5 axb5 41.cxb5 Rh5 42.Kb4 d6 43.Nb3 Bf1 0-1

[Event "TCh-NED Meesterklasse 2011-12"]

[Site "Netherlands NED"]

[Date "2012.03.31"]

[Round "8.1"]

[White "Pliester, L"]

[Black "Swinkels, R"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2392"]

[BlackElo "2494"]

[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 Be7 11.Bf3 Rb8 12.c4 c5 13.Re1 d6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Qd2 f6 17.Rac1 Ne5 18.Rc3 Bd7 19.Bd1 Qa5 20.f4 Nxc4 21.Qf2 Nxb2 22.Qg3 g6 23.Nxb2 Rxb2 24.e5 Bc6 25.Bc2 fxe5 26.fxe5 d5 27.Rf1 d4 28.Qg5+ Kd7 29.Rf7+ Kc8 30.Qe7 Re8 31.Rf8 Rxf8 32.Qxf8+ Kb7 33.Qe7+ Qc7 34.Qxc7+ Kxc7 35.Rxc5 Kb6 36.Rc4 Bb5 37.Rc8 Kb7 38.Rc5 d3 39.Rxb5+ axb5 40.Bxd3 Kb6 0-1

[Event "13th EICC"]

[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]

[Date "2012.03.31"]

[Round "11.7"]

[White "Balogh, C"]

[Black "Vitiugov, N"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteElo "2664"]

[BlackElo "2709"]

[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Be2 b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.Be3 Qc4 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qxd3 15.Rxd3 b4 16.Na4 Nd5 17.Nb6 Nxb6 18.Bxb6 Rb8 19.Bc7 Rb7 20.Bd6 a5 21.c4 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Ke7 23.Kd2 Rc8 24.Kd3 Rbc7 25.b3 Rc6 26.Rxc6 dxc6 27.a3 Rd8+ 28.Ke3 bxa3 29.Ra1 c5 30.Rxa3 Ra8 31.Ke4 g6 32.Ra2 Kd7 33.Kd3 Kc7 34.Kc3 Kb6 35.Rd2 Kc7 36.Ra2 Kb6 37.Rd2 Kc7 38.Ra2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ISR Match 2012"]

[Site "New Delhi IND"]

[Date "2012.04.04"]

[Round "5.4"]

[White "Baron, Ta"]

[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "2497"]

[BlackElo "2561"]

[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 c5 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bh6 Rb8 17.Bc4 Qb6 18.b3 Bb7 19.Rhe1 Ne7 20.Qf4 Rd8 21.Rd6 Qa5 22.Re5 Qxa2 23.Rxc5 Qa3+ 1-0