Checks and mates

by Oliver Reeh
8/13/2022 – In the diagram position, White has yet to react properly to the black queen's check, then he may happily start searching for mates - feel free to join!
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.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 h6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Ng3 0-0 13.Bc2 Rd8 14.Re1 Nf8 15.Ne5 Bd7 16.f4 Be8 17.Be3 Qh4 18.Rf1 Ne7 19.f5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 exf5 21.Rf4 Qg5 22.Qf3 Neg6 23.Rxf5 Qe7 24.Rf1 Ne6 25.Rh5 Ng5 26.Rxg5 hxg5 27.Nf5 Qc7 28.Bb1 Bb5 29.Qh5 Nf8 30.Bxg5 Re8 31.Bf6 Qb6+
How must White react to the black queen check?
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Motylev,A2552Iljushin,A25151–02000C06RUS-ch 53rd4

 

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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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