Hanging attackers

by Oliver Reeh
2/11/2023 – In the diagram position White just played 11.Qf3?, which allows Black to get the advantage. A 'petite combinaison' par excellence - I hope you enjoy it a little!
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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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,165,57054%2421---
1.d4946,47455%2434---
1.Nf3281,31256%2441---
1.c4181,93756%2442---
1.g319,68856%2427---
1.b314,23654%2427---
1.f45,88648%2377---
1.Nc33,79651%2384---
1.b41,75348%2380---
1.a31,19754%2403---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d394850%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342651%2425---
1.h327956%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39147%2431---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 c6 7.a4 0-0 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Qf3? Ne6 ½-½ (52) Medina,V (2140)-Figuerres,E (2130) Manila 2014 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nbd2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.e4 Be7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 c6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Qf3? See the above game after 11.Qf3? - even with the white knight on c3 instead of d2 the following move would have worked for Black!
11.Qf3? - how does Black get an advantage now?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Murphy,H2141Babazada,K24630–12022A4637th ECCC 20221.53

 

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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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