Carlsen's kamikaze king

by Oliver Reeh
5/22/2021 – The diagram shows a position from the game L. Dominguez vs M. Carlsen, Opera Euro 2021. Black's last move 27...Kh6? gave White the chance to hunt the bold king down and to win against the World Champion. But as this was a rapid game and White did not have much time left on the clock, he failed to find the win. Can you do better, without a ticking clock and all the time in the world?
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 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 b5 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Rhe1 Rc8 14.Bg5 0-0 15.Nd5 e6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.h4 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Kg7 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.Rd2 b4 21.Red1 Rfd8 22.Qf4 Qe7 23.Ne2 a5 24.e5 d5 25.g4 hxg4 26.Qf6+ Qxf6 27.gxf6+ Kh6?
How would you start to hunt down the king on the edge?
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Dominguez Perez,L2758Carlsen,M28620–12021B75Opera Euro Rapid Prelims 20215.4

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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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