Queen in the crossfire

by Oliver Reeh
10/27/2017 – Black has just transferred his queen to the kingside with 18...Qa5-h5 (diagram), planning after 19.g4 Qg6 to challenge the mighty white queen e4. Will he get away with this manoeuvre — or has he built on sand?
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Queen manoevers

This week's tactic shows off the power of the centralised queen, whose mobility opens up tactical avenues for white, that may at first glance seem counterintuitive.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 dxe5 8.Nxe5 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Rab1 b6 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Qe4 Qh5 Black has just transferred his queen to the kingside with 18...Qa5-h5 (diagram), planning after 19.g4 Qg6 to challenge the mighty white queen e4. Will he get away with this manoeuvre - or has he build on sand? 19.g4! Qg6 19...Qh3 20.Bf1!+-
Black has offered the trade of queens while also threatening Bd7-c6. How does White get the advantage?
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Tomazini,Z2395Keymer,V24191–02017B22Mitropa Cup 2017, Open9.3

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ChessBase Magazine #180 (October/November)

The editor’s top ten: 

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This supplement brings you 35,095 games played between August and September 2017, along with videos by Adrian Mikhalchishin, Yannick Pelletier & Robert Ris.

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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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