Knight escapades

by Oliver Reeh
8/27/2022 – If the idea to snatch a pawn with 14...Nxc3? in the diagrammed position gives you an uneasy feeling, your chess understanding is definitely okay. And now you are invited to show how White refutes this idea!
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.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Be3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nc5 12.f3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Na4 14.Nb4 Knight escapades If the idea to snatch a pawn with 14...Nxc3? in the diagrammed position gives you an uneasy feeling, your chess understanding is definitely okay. And now you are invited to show how White refutes this idea! Nxc3?
Why does 14...Nxc3? backfire?
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Van der Werf,M2400Ondersteijn,N23791–02017B37NED-chT 17183.10

 

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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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