Carlsen's choice
2/13/2015 – Tactics can seem deceptively simple, particularly when seeing an engine analysing grandmaster games. Strange, however, how difficult it is to find the right move and to calculate variations properly when playing yourself. It is easier if you solve tactical puzzles regularly. In the ChessBase Magazine and his tactics column Oliver Reeh helps you to do so.
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Carlsen's choice
With his passed a-pawn White of course wants to win, but Black is threatening 41...Nf2+ picking up the rook d1. Exchange sacrifice, flight forward or repeating move - what would you choose?
A) 41.Rxd4
B) 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kg3 Ne2+ 43.Kg4 Rf4+ 44.Kh5 Rf5+ 45.Kxh6
C) 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kh1 Nh3 (=)
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.
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