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Queen in the crossfire

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?

Tune your tactics - Rook on the 7th rank

10/20/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about the rook on the 7th rank!

Tactics: Triumphal march

10/20/2017 – White's activity is impressive, but she must not hesitate and allow her opponent to block the long diagonal with ...Nd4. Five times the very best and the case is closed. Can you see everything until the end?

Back rank pranks

10/13/2017 – Due to his confined king, Black must be very careful when taking on e5 in the diagram position. The game continuation 33...Rxe5? loses by force. Can you prove the win for White after that?

Tune your tactics - Double Check

10/6/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about the double check!

The other side

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?

Tune your tactics - Checkmate against 0-0-0

9/29/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about checkmate against 0-0-0!

Hedgehog evergreen

9/29/2017 – Following 24.e5 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 in the diagram, the draught in White's king position becomes a hurricane. Black wins on the spot. Can you see how — or maybe even remember this spectacular game played 25 years ago?

Tune your tactics - Calculation Training

9/22/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about calculation training!

The helping rook

9/22/2017 – In the diagram position both white rooks are skewered. A counterattack against the queen h6 might be the saving idea, but then again there are pin motifs in the g-file. What do you think - will White finally be able to save his skin?

Tune your tactics - Promotion Combinations

9/15/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about pinned f-pawns!

September Stars II

9/15/2017 – 20...Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxd4 in the diagram position initiates a long sequence of moves. What do you think, will Black get the advantage or will White end up on top? Much to calculate for you, but I hope also much fun on the way!

September Stars I

9/8/2017 – Following 22.exf6! Rxe2 in the diagram position it's White to play and win. His first three moves may still be reasonably obvious, but then things get tricky. By the way, Vishy Anand calculated no more than 5 minutes here, reeling off the rest of his moves virtually a tempo. Enjoy!

Tune your tactics - The pinned f-pawn

9/1/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about pinned f-pawns!

Quiet or loud

9/1/2017 – Playing 24.Nf3-g5 (diagram), White not only has parried the mate threat 24...Qxg2++ but also attacked the queen g3 (Rc3!). Not a bad one, right? Yet Black kept his nerves and found a cool winning continuation which actually was one of two alternatives. What would you have played?

BBC Classic

8/25/2017 – In the middle 1970s/early 1980s British television used to stage the tournament "The Master Game" around Christmas, with the participants (great names!) accompanying their games with spoken commentaries - absolutely thrilling for me as a spectator! What do you guess Black thought (and played!) in the diagram position?

Oldie Goldie

8/18/2017 – With his pawn on h6 the diagram position would be absolutely fine for Black. The way things are, however, White has a splendid sequence to exploit the enemy back rank weakness. Six moves spot-on - can you do it like him?

Double exclam

8/11/2017 – In the diagram postion Black seems to be dead lost in view of the white threats 34.Rg8 and 34.Qf5+. And yet there is a way for him to save himself - all he has to do is trade queens. But how can that be achieved? More...

Only move parade

8/4/2017 – In the diagram position Black has just attacked the white queen in the c-file with 26...Nc4-e5, initiating a forced sequence of captures which finally lead to... well, that's for you to work out!

Attagirl!

7/28/2017 – It's obvious that in the diagram position White cannot really castle short (black bishop a7!). So a queen move should be played. 16.Qd3 or 16.Qe4 - which of these two passes your stress test?

The perfect prelude

7/21/2017 – A murky position: in order to win, White must tackle the enemy king without disregarding the potential threats of Black's queen + knight tandem. How would you start his attack?

Rapid raid

7/14/2017 – The only thing one might dislike in Black's position in the diagram is the unprotected bishop a3, while his king seems reasonably safe. But just two knight moves — 21.Ng5!? Nf5? — and it's already over: White gets a decisive attack, with the innocent looking rook d1 being the possible match-winner. Ready for a workout?

Tune your tactics - episode 2: knight pins

7/7/2017 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Friday at 3.30 pm CEST it's all about knight pins!

London Loser

7/7/2017 – The diagram shows a standard position from the London System, in which 12....Ne4 by Black would seem like a most natural move. Caution! This move makes the game razor-sharp, and only six moves later one side will resign. Which one? ...
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