Hard to stop

by Oliver Reeh
6/25/2022 – In the diagrammed position White just played 35.Qa3!, and after 35...Qxd4 White has a beautiful win - can you find it?
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.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Ne7 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.a4 Nbc6 10.h4 Qb6 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb2 13.Rc1 Nb4 14.Bd3 Na2 15.Rd1 Nc3 16.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Kf1 Bd7 18.Rh3 h6 19.Rg3 Rg8 20.Qf4 Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.e6 Bxe6 23.Qd6+ Ke8 24.Ne5 Qxc2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Qb4 Qc7 27.Rb3 f6 28.Ng6 Kf7 29.h5 Rd7 30.Kg1 f4 31.Rbb1 Rc8 32.Qd2 Qc2 33.Qxf4 Qf5 34.Qe3 Qe4 35.Qa3! Hard to stop In the diagrammed position White just played 35.Qa3!, and after 35...Qxd4 White has a beautiful win - can you find it? Qxd4? More stubborn is 35...Qg4 though after 36.g3 White keeps pressing, e.g. Bf5 37.Rbc1! Rxc1
Just checking - best move for White? :-)
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Gashimov,V2579Bartel,M24431–02003C18EU-ch 4th1

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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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