Checks!

by Oliver Reeh
1/20/2024 – Yes, in the diagram position you may strike with White, but please try to calculate the winning variation as far as possible beforehand. A ten-mover, if you will - have fun!
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 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nd7 7.Bf4 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd6 9.Bg3 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Qe7 11.Qd2 Qc5 12.Rb1 a6 13.f4 b6 14.Rd1 Qc6 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.0-0 0-0-0 17.Bh4 f6 18.Qe2 g5 19.Bg3 gxf4 20.Bxf4 fxe5 21.Bg3 b5 22.Rde1 Qxc3 23.a4 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Qxa4 25.c4 Nc5 26.Qxe5 Qa5 27.Qxc5 Rxd3 28.cxb5 Rhd8 29.Rc1 R3d7 30.Rfe1 axb5 31.Rxe6 Qd2 Checks! Yes, in the diagram position you may strike with White, but please try to calculate the winning variation as far as possible beforehand. A ten-mover, if you will - have fun!
White moves and wins. Step 1?
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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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