An unfinished masterpiece

by Oliver Reeh
3/15/2025 – From the diagram position, White started a powerful attack on the black king, but in the end failed to crown it. Can you do better?

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Rac1 0-0 13.h3 Bf5 14.Nh4 Be4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Bd3 Nd6 19.Rc5 Rac8 20.Qc3 Nb8 21.Bf4 Rc6 22.b4 a6 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Rfc8 An unfinished masterpiece From the diagram position, White started a powerful attack on the black king, but in the end failed to crown it. Can you do better?
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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, tactic column, Tactics
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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Karsten Müller Karsten Müller 3/15/2025 04:11
Frits Fritschy: Yes indeed. White should have chosen your 26.Bh6...
Frits Fritschy Frits Fritschy 3/15/2025 10:49
Of course with 26.Bh6 you run the risk that no one will call your game a masterpiece, but it would have been a good choice now the white player missed 28. Rg5. 26... Nxc5 27.d5! and 26... Qf6 27.Qd2 both seem easily winning.
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