Castling in the middlegame

by Oliver Reeh
12/10/2022 – In the diagram position Black finally wants to play ...0-0, but of course White still has something to say about that. 22.g4 or 22.Ra8+ - how would you start disruptive action?
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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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.Bb2 Nge7 10.Bd3 Na5 11.0-0 Nc4 12.Bc3 a6 13.Re1 Nf5 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Qe2 Bb5 16.a4 Nxd2 17.Bxb5+ axb5 18.Bxd2 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Nf5 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Be7 Castling in the middlegame In the diagram position Black finally wants to play ...0-0, but of course White still has something to say about that. 22.g4 or 22.Ra8+ - how would you start disruptive action?
22.g4 or 22.Ra8+ - how should White continue?
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Santos Latasa,J2680Bluebaum,M26471–02022C02Enea Polish Ekstraliga 20225.7

 

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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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