Counter-trick

by Oliver Reeh
10/26/2024 – Do you also think that Black is winning in the diagram position? Then you might try to refute 28.Be3 in your head - that was the continuation of the game!
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Bg4 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 e6 10.0-0 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nxb6 Qxb6 15.Qb5 Nxd5 16.Qc4 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Rb1 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Rxb7 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Rab8 22.Rd7 Red8 23.Rxa7 Rb1 24.Ra4 Rdb8 25.g3 Ra1 26.Kg2 Rb4 27.Ra6 h5 Counter-trick Do you also think that Black is winning in the diagram position? Then you might try to refute 28.Be3 in your head - that was the continuation of the game! 28.Be3 A last desperate attempt to shake off Black's pressure in a tactical way.
28.Be3 - which move leads to victory for Black?
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Capragiu,M1973Coicev,M20620–12022A73Arad op 15th6

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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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