Missed knockout

by Oliver Reeh
4/17/2021 – In the diagram position, 32...Qf3+! 33.Kh3 would have led to victory for Black, a "wow move" included. 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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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,173,50054%2421---
1.d4952,12655%2434---
1.Nf3283,50356%2440---
1.c4183,15556%2442---
1.g319,79656%2427---
1.b314,44254%2427---
1.f45,92148%2377---
1.Nc33,85150%2384---
1.b41,77148%2379---
1.a31,23454%2405---
1.e31,07549%2409---
1.d396150%2378---
1.g466846%2360---
1.h446554%2381---
1.c343651%2426---
1.h328356%2419---
1.a411660%2462---
1.f39947%2428---
1.Nh39267%2511---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Qe2 b5 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Bb7 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.Rc1 0-0 13.Ne1 Qd7 14.Nd3 Rfe8 15.f4 Nd5 16.Nc3 Ndb4 17.Ne4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 h6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Nd8 21.e4 f5 22.exf5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 exf5 24.Rxf5 Nc6 25.Bc3 Re6 26.Rc5 Rbe8 27.Ra2 Re3 28.Qd1 Ne7 29.Qh5 c6 30.Rxa6 g6 31.Qxh6 Qg4 32.Rg5 Missed knockout In the diagram position, 32...Qf3+! 33.Kh3 would have led to victory for Black, a "wow move" included. Enjoy! Qf3+! Driving the king to the edge of the board. The game ended in a perpetual following 32...Re2+ 33.Kg1 Qf3 34.Rxg6+ Nxg6 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Kh3 Following 33.Kg1 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 Black can win in many ways, especially elegantly with Re2+ 35.Kh3 35.Kf3 Rc2+ 36.Ke4 Qe2# 35...Qc2!
Please play 33...Qf1+! only after having seen the continuation following 34.Kh4 !
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Pashikian,A2606Sargsyan,S2596½–½2021E0481st ARM-ch 20219.3

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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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