Chance!

by Oliver Reeh
4/1/2023 – In the diagram position White seems to have his back to the wall in the face of Black's threats ...Bxf2 and ...Rg1 . You have to keep a cool head and skilfully go on the counterattack - you're good at that, aren't you?
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.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Bd3 Rc8 9.Qb1 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qd1 0-0 13.dxc5 e5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Be7 17.b4 f5 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.Nc4 Ne7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Nd6 Qc7 23.Nxe5 Rb8 24.Rfd1 Ba4 25.Rd2 Kh7 26.f4 Nc6 27.Re1 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Bg5 29.Rd4 f4 30.Qd3+ Kh8 31.e6 Bc6 32.b5 f3 33.Rf1 Bxb5 34.Nxb5 Qxc5 35.Nd6 Bf6 36.e7 Bxe7 37.Ne4 Qa5 38.gxf3 Qxa2 39.Rf2 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Qa1 41.Rd7 Bh4? Chance! In the diagram position White seems to have his back to the wall in the face of Black's threats ...Bxf2 and ...Rg1 . You have to keep a cool head and skilfully go on the counterattack - you're good at that, aren't you?
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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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