Exposed

by Oliver Reeh
3/5/2022 – Black king on e7, unprotected queen a5 - White's threat in the diagrammed position is obvious, and not even 17...Bb6 could prevent him from making a good catch. 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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd1 d6 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Rb1 h5 14.h4 Ke7 15.Kh2 Rag8 16.Bf3 Qa5?! 17.Qd2 Exposed Black king on e7, unprotected queen a5 - White's threat in the diagram is obvious, and not even 17...Bb6 could prevent him from making a good catch. Your call! Bb6?? This attempt to employ the black queen actively in the centre backfires. 17...Qc7! - but sure it's very difficult to just take a move back (16...Qa5?!) ...
White gets a decisive advantage. First step?
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Safarli,E2579Kacharava,N24691–02021B472nd elllobregat Open 20215.8

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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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