Make your bet!

by Oliver Reeh
12/11/2021 – The razor-sharp diagram position saw Black losing after 26...Kxh6?, while after 26...Kg7! things easily might have gone the other way round. Stunners galore - enjoy!
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.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.Bf4 Bd7 9.Qc2 dxc4 10.e4 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Be2 h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2 Kg7 16.g4 e5 17.Rg1 exd4 18.Qf4 Ne5 19.Nxd4 c5 20.Nf5+ Bxf5 21.gxf5+ Kh7 22.Rg3 Rg8 23.Rh3 Rg1+ 24.Kd2 Rd8+ 25.Kc2 Rg5 26.Rxh6+ Make your bet! The razor-sharp diagram position saw Black losing after 26...Kxh6?, while after 26...Kg7! things easily might have gone the other way round. Stunners galore - enjoy! Kxh6?? Fascinating lines could have arisen following 26...Kg7! , e.g. 27.Qh4?? The "peaceful" computer line runs 27.h4 Rg2 28.Rh5 Kg8 29.Qh6
White threatens Qh8++. How does Black combine attack and defence?
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Toughie alert! Black to play and win.
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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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