Kings and rooks

by Oliver Reeh
3/8/2025 – In the diagram position White wins despite the black passed pawns. Do you see how White can weave a mating net?

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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, tactic column, Tactics
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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2/22/2025 – From the diagram position, White managed to coordinate his queen and rook against the black king without allowing any counterplay. Please imitate!
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MiddleGame 08594EC Springing pawns

A pawn move can change the character of the whole position. Jussupow-Anand (Linares 1991) is all about such powerful pawn moves.

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arzi arzi 3/10/2025 08:48
Some tasks are easy, others are hard. Sometimes what is easy for one is hard for another. This time this task was actually easy because white's moves were practically forced. A great solution found in the real game.
Rezonator Rezonator 3/8/2025 09:30
Excellent!
PhishMaster PhishMaster 3/8/2025 02:29
Oliver, you are slipping. I have actually gotten two in a row right from the beginning. I like it when you pick games that blow my mind, and I cannot see the solution without some hints.

Anyway, this is written with a light tone, more jokingly, as I think you do an INCREDIBLE job picking examples that are very cool. How you find them is beyond me.
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