All beginnings are easy

by Oliver Reeh
4/15/2023 – In the diagram position, White's opening move may be obvious with the black king in the centre, but after that ... Enjoy heavy piece handling à la Fritz Sämisch!
88 times, IM Oliver Reeh leads you step by step through the most brillant game conclusions of the world champions - in interactive Fritztrainer format, enabling you to enter the winning moves yourself.
 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,165,57054%2421---
1.d4946,47455%2434---
1.Nf3281,31256%2441---
1.c4181,93756%2442---
1.g319,68856%2427---
1.b314,23654%2427---
1.f45,88648%2377---
1.Nc33,79651%2384---
1.b41,75348%2380---
1.a31,19754%2403---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d394850%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342651%2425---
1.h327956%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39147%2431---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 c5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.c3 b6 5.Nd2 Bb7 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Re1 Rc8 9.e4 Bb8 10.e5 Nd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Ng5 Nb6 14.Bf4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Nxe5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bxe5 Qg5 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Bc6 All beginnings are easy In the diagram position, White's opening move may be obvious with the black king in the centre, but after that ... Enjoy heavy piece handling à la Fritz Sämisch!
Black king in the middle - what to do? :-)
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Saemisch,F-Tenner,O-1–01921A47Match Saemisch-Tenner +6-0=01

 

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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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