KO or OK?

by Oliver Reeh
7/26/2025 – From the diagram followed 28...Bg5 29.Qf7+ Kh8, and on this position I'd like your opinion - let's see if you're right!
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1.e41,197,52454%2421---
1.d4967,64955%2433---
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1.g319,99056%2427---
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1.Nc33,96251%2383---
1.b41,80048%2378---
1.a31,26954%2406---
1.e31,09549%2409---
1.d398350%2380---
1.g467446%2360---
1.h446954%2381---
1.c344652%2424---
1.h329456%2418---
1.a412060%2461---
1.f310147%2431---
1.Nh39366%2506---
1.Na34861%2472---
1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.N1e2 Nd7 7.d3 Ne7 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.f4 0-0 11.f5 Na5 12.Bd2 Nxb3 13.axb3 c5 14.Qc1 Bf6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Rf3 Bc6 18.Raf1 Nd7 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Nh5 gxh5 21.Ng3 Re6 22.Nxh5 Bh4 23.Rf7 Rg6 24.Rg7+ Rxg7 25.Nxg7 Nf8 26.g3 Be7 27.Qe2 Bd7 28.Qf3 KO or OK? From the diagram followed 28...Bg5 29.Qf7+ Kh8, and on this position I'd like your opinion - let's see if you're right! Bg5
Please don't play 29.Qf7+ until you've made up your mind about the position after 29...Kh8.
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Casper,T2315Grottke,H-1–01977A00DDR-ch26 Final13

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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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