Double Flop

by Oliver Reeh
10/1/2022 – Today your defensive skills are needed: Can you refute Black's 35...Ng6? or 35...Rg6? in the diagram position?
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 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 d6 6.c3 Be6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nc4 0-0 12.a4 a6 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.Bg3 Qf7 15.0-0 Nh5 16.Nd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.f3 Rac8 19.Qb3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.d4 Re3 23.Rxe3 fxe3 24.Nf1 Qe6 25.Ng3 e2 26.Re1 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Qd2 28.Qb1 Re8 29.h3 Re3 30.Kh2 Ne7 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Re6 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Qf2 35.Kh2 Double Flop Today your defensive skills are needed: Can you refute Black's 35...Ng6? or 35...Rg6? in the diagram position? Ng6?? The immediate 35...Rg6??
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Black threatens ...Nf4 or ...Nh4. What to do?
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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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