"The king is the goal!"

by ChessBase
7/22/2024 – “Finishing off the opponent's king is, and remains, the ultimate goal of a chess game, and in order to memorise the checkmating patterns and know how to use them successfully in your own games, only one thing helps: practise again and again!”. Oliver Reeh introduces his tactics column in the new ChessBase Magazine #220 with these words. Is there anything to add? Let's go! Take advantage of the CBM reading sample of the week and go king hunting with Oliver Reeh. Here and now and directly via your web browser!

ChessBase Magazine 220 ChessBase Magazine 220

2024 Candidates Tournament with analyses by Gukesh, Pragg, Vidit, Firouzja and Giri. Kasimdzhanov, Engel and Marin show opening trends from Toronto in the video. 10 repertoire articles from English to Queen's Indian and much more!

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"The king is the goal!" - free reading sample from ChessBase Magazine #220

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In the tactics article with 34 games, our expert Oliver Reeh has compiled material for more than one unit. His four favourite combinations are best solved move by move in the interactive video format with feedback function!

As a warm-up, the first two training exercises from Oliver Reeh's new tactics collection:

Best move for White?

Best move for White?

Take the test and solve the exercises with our tactics expert on the ChessBase Books page!

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Highlights of ChessBase Magazine #220

From the 2024 Candidates Tournament with world-class analyses and a video review to the new column "The Fortress" by Dorian Rogozenco and Karsten Müller's video course "Endgame Basics".

Over 6 hours of video playing time with Luis Engel, Rainer Knaak, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Jan Markos, Mihail Marin, Karsten Mueller, Oliver Reeh, Robert Ris and Dorian Rogozenco!


 

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