Duo infernale

by Oliver Reeh
5/21/2022 – By hindsight, it's easy to say that in the diagram position White must play 29.Rxd3! - but is it just as easy to refute the game continuation 29.f3?? Your call!
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 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.b3 Bb4 11.e4 Bxd2 12.Nxd2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 0-0 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Bd6 Rfd8 17.Qf4 Nf8 18.Bc7 Qxd4 19.Qg3 Ng6 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Qc7 Nf4 22.g3 Nd3 23.Rad1 h5 24.Qxb7 Qe4 25.Qe7 Rd4 26.Qe8+ Kh7 27.Qxf7 Qe2 28.Qa7 Re4 Duo infernale With hindsight, it's easy to say that in the diagram position White must play 29.Rxd3! - but is it just as easy to refute the game continuation 29.f3?? Your call! 29.f3?? After 29.Rxd3 Qxd3 White is better, though he should refrain from the greedy 30.Qxa6? 30.Qf7!? 30...h4!
29.f3?? - Black to play and win.
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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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