Kasparov's missed chance

by Oliver Reeh
4/6/2024 – The diagram position is from a game Garry Kasparov and Zoltan Ribli played at the tournament in Skelleftea 1989. Playing 26.Rxb5 White had offered a draw - but after the obligatory 26...Bxe3 he could win by force! Can you find today what the great Garry Kasparov missed back then?
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 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nc6 12.Qf4 Ra7 13.Nge4 Rd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Na4 Qa8+ 17.Kg1 Qc6 18.Nxb6 Rb7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Bxb2 22.Rab1 0-0 23.Qxc5 Qa4 According to reports, Ribli had this position on the board the morning before the game when he was preparing for Kasparov ... 24.Rd2 Rb5 25.Qc6 Bd4? 25...Bc3!= 26.Rxb5 Kasparov's missed chance With 26.Rxb5 (diagram position) White offered a draw - but after the obligatory 26...Bxe3 he could win by force! Can you find today what the great Garry Kasparov missed back then? Bxe3
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Kasparov,G2775Ribli,Z2605½–½1989A30World Cup14

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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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