21 - Nd8 22 Bd7 White d7-bishop controls c8, gives White c-file
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
16 Ba6! White a6-bishop controls c8-square, gives White c-file
Karpov vs Geller, 1981  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 33 moves, 1-0
White a5-bishop controls d8 so Black cannot oppose on d-file
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0
22 ... Bf3 Black gains control of d1-square and hence d-file
Carlsen vs Anand, 2007  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 0-1
26 ... Rb8, 27 ... Rb3 Black g6-bishop controls b1-square
Hodgson vs Speelman, 1991 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
18 ... Bc8-g4! Black controls d1-square, controls open d-file
Mamedyarov vs Svidler, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1
25 Bf1-h3 White h3-bishop controling c8 means White owns c-file
Petrosian vs Pilnik, 1956  (A56) Benoni Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
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