It's blitz!

by Oliver Reeh
2/3/2024 – Your first task in the diagram position is to save the black queen on a3. And in the end you can even win against Carlsen - have fun!
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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.f3 0-0 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Bb4 12.Nd1 c5 13.Nb3 c4 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Re8 17.Nf2 Nc6 18.Ne4 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxb2 21.a3 Ba5 22.Rab1 Qe5 23.Rxb7 Qxf5 24.Qxc4 Qe6 25.Qxc5 Bd8 26.Qd4 Be7 27.Rb6 Qa2 28.c4 Qxa3 29.c5 a5 30.Ra1 It's blitz! Your first task in the diagram position is to save the black queen on a3. And in the end you can even win against Carlsen - have fun!
The Qa3 has no square. What should Black do?
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Carlsen,M2835Aronian,L28250–12012C65Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz2

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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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