Guess who?

by Oliver Reeh
9/26/2014 – How good is your chess knowledge? If you see a position from an old or a modern classic do you know immediately who played? And what about recent tournaments? But knowing the facts of a game is one thing, finding the crucial variations is another. Oliver Reeh gives you a chance to test how broad your chess knowledge is. With three questions.

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Guess who?

 

After the queen sacrifice 17.Qxg6 hxg6, the rook retreat 18.R6d3 threatened the lethal 19.Th3++. Three questions:

A) How can Black defend now?
B) How did White mate after 18...Rf7 19.Nd5 Qc5 20.Rh3+ Kg8?
C) Which World Champion was the winner of this game?

 

Solution

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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