Fork in sight!

by Oliver Reeh
3/2/2024 – In the diagram position the double attack 38.Qg4! leads to a win for White, since the counterattack 38...Qe3 runs into ... but you can show that yourself in a moment!
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.c4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d3 0-0 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 d6 8.Be3 e5 9.h3 c6 10.g4 Be6 11.Qd3 Na6 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.0-0 Nac5 14.Qe2 Bf7 15.Rad1 Ne6 16.c5 Nexc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxe5 Be6 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.f4 b5 21.Ne3 b4 22.Nb1 Bxa2 23.Nd2 Be6 24.Ndc4 Rad8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.gxf5 Kh8 27.Qh5 a5 28.Rfe1 a4 29.Re3 Nd7 30.Red3 Nf6 31.Qe2 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 d5 33.Ne5 dxe4 34.Rxd8 Bxd8 35.Rd7 Qb6+ 36.Kg2 Bh4 37.Rd2 Rxf5? Fork in sight! In the diagram position the double attack 38.Qg4! leads to a win for White, since the counterattack 38...Qe3 runs into ... but you can show that yourself in a moment!
Step by step. Please play 38.Qg4! with a double attack - and think of a reply to 38...Qe3.
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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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