First league tactics

by Oliver Reeh
12/24/2022 – In the diagram position Black threatens ...Rh8, but he doesn't have the sole right to use the h-file. White to play and win!
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 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.0-0 h6 10.h3 Nbc6 11.Nbd4 0-0 12.c3 Bc7 13.Be3 Qd6 14.Re1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Bc2 Bd7 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qd2 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bb6 20.Qd2 Bxh3 21.Qxh6 Qg3 22.Qxh3 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Kg7 24.Rf1‼ Qxc2 First league tactics In the diagram position Black threatens ...Rh8, but he doesn't have the sole right to use the h-file. White to play and win!
Black threatens ...Rh8, but White wins by force. First move?
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Timoscenko,G2505Vaganian,R25451–01977C09URS-ch45 First League3

 

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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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