Fatal activity

by Oliver Reeh
9/11/2021 – In the diagram position Black's attacked rook should definitely not leave the back rank - after 35...Rc2?? White has a forced checkmate. Enjoy!

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.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.Ba5 Bc6 15.Rc1 Bd7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Rc3 Qb8 18.Rfc1 Nc4 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 a5 21.Qe7 Ra7 22.b3 b4 23.R3c2 Na3 24.Rd2 Bb5 25.Qg5 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Rc7 27.Rf1 h6 28.Qh4 Rfc8 29.g4 Qb5 30.Rfe1 Rc1 31.Kg2 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Qd3 33.Re3 Qb1 34.Qe7 Qxa2 35.Qd7 Fatal activity In the diagram position Black's attacked rook should definitely not leave the back rank - after 35...Rc2?? White has a forced checkmate. Enjoy! Rc2?? Counterattacking f2, but making the back rank available to White's queen. Only good things to say about 35...Rf8!-+ : the rook stays close to the king, keeping the back rank and f7 well defended. 35...Qc2!-+ was not bad either.
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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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