The other side

by Oliver Reeh
10/6/2017 – After 32.Rg3 (diagram) White's second rook has targeted an enemy knight. Not looking good for Black, right? But he still has an ace up his sleeve: 32...Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Ra8 with the threat 34...Ra1+! You are not going to change fronts now, are you?
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The 36th Mitropa Cup wrapped up in Balatonszarszo, Hungary on September 25th and was won by Croatia. You can replay all games via the ChessBase Live Broadcast. But it was the match between Slovenia and Slovakia that provides the inspiration for this week's Tatics column.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bb3 0-0 6.Nbd2 h6 7.c3 Re8 8.Nf1 b5 9.Be3 d6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Ng3 Rb8 12.0-0 Bb6 13.Rfe1 Qd7 14.h3 Ne7 15.Nh4 Kh7 16.d4 Bxb3 17.axb3 Qe6 18.d5 Qc8 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.b4 g5 21.Nf3 Rg8 22.Qe2 g4 23.hxg4 Qxg4 24.Ra7 Rbc8 25.Nh2 Qg6 26.Qf3 h5 27.Re3 h4 28.Ne2 Ra8 29.Rxc7 Ra1+ 30.Nf1 Ng4 31.Qh3 Qg5 32.Rg3 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Ra8
Black is threatening the deadly 34...Ra1+. Can you still find a rescue for White?
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Tomazini,Z2395Pechac,J24421–02017C50Mitropa Cup 2017, Open section1.19

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Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by tactic expert Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, endgames, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

ChessBase Magazine #180 (October/November)

The editor’s top ten: 

  • Hou Yifan’s temptation: the ex-women’s world champion shows how, cool as ice, she countered Bacrot in the traditional tournament in Biel.
  • Perfect start: Teimour Radjabov annotates his win with Black against the almost unbeatable Anish Giri at the Grand Prix in Geneva.
  • “Simple is good!” Together with GM Simon Williams find the simple but strong winning moves in the game Radjabov-Eljanov. (Video)
  • Are you as fast as Vishy Anand? With Oliver Reeh solve one of the deepest winning combinations in this issue. (Video)
  • No simple play in the “Double English“: let GM Mihail Marin bring you up to date on the opening after 1.c4 c5.
  • Vishy Anand and the Steckner proof: Karsten Müller presents high class technique in a classical rook ending. (Video)
  • Brakes applied to the Accelerated Dragon: let Renato Quintiliano show you a tricky positional plan for White.
  • Unprejudiced world champion: Peter Heine Nielsen annotates Carlsen’s successful premiere with the Bird Opening (1.f4) on the Grand Chess Tour.
  • Fight against the Rubinstein French with the Catalan bishop: Jonas Lampert shows you why you may hope for an advantage with 5.g3! (Video)
  • "King in the box": enjoy the unforgettable mating patterns in Efstratrios Grivas’ FIDE training course.

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.

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cannnjan cannnjan 10/10/2017 11:31
nice game... I really like these hidden resources in chess... Since I am not a very strong player, I enjoy playing chess because even a lost game can be won (of course on my level)
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