Mature technique

by Oliver Reeh
5/3/2025 – In the diagram position the young White player found the best solution to meet Black's threat 23...Rg4. What would you do?
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Bc2 d4 8.d3 Be7 9.h3 Qc7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.Bb3 Bxb3 15.Nxb3 Rad8 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Nfxd4 Nxd4 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Nxd4 Rg8 20.Qe4 Bb4 21.Rec1 Qd7 22.Rc4 Qxh3
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Duduka,A1566Huang,L14881–02022B22GER-chT U161.6

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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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geeker geeker 5/4/2025 01:41
Black blundered, but I wouldn't call one Pawn "a huge material deficit".
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