No endgame technique required!

by Oliver Reeh
1/29/2022 – In the diagram position White has a shortcut to victory, enabling him to hunt down Black's king ... or his queen on h1! Can you work it all out in your head?
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.e41,184,21554%2421---
1.d4958,93255%2434---
1.Nf3286,32756%2441---
1.c4184,72256%2443---
1.g319,88456%2427---
1.b314,59854%2428---
1.f45,95348%2377---
1.Nc33,90650%2384---
1.b41,79048%2378---
1.a31,25054%2406---
1.e31,08149%2409---
1.d396950%2378---
1.g467046%2361---
1.h446654%2382---
1.c343951%2425---
1.h328956%2420---
1.a411860%2461---
1.f310047%2427---
1.Nh39267%2511---
1.Na34762%2476---
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Be3 0-0 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 d2 19.Bxf5 dxe1Q+ 20.Qxe1 Rad8 21.Be4 Qd7 22.Bc6 Qc8 23.e6 Kh8 24.Bd7 Rxd7 25.exd7 Qxd7 26.Rxa6 Bf6 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Qa1 Qd5 29.b4 h6 30.h3 Re2 31.Qb1 Re8 32.Qf1 Rd8 33.Ra1 g6 34.Qe2 Kg7 35.Ne1 Be5 36.Kf1 h5 37.Nc2 Bf6 38.Ne3 Qb3 39.Rd1 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 c6 41.Ne3 Bg5 42.Qc2 Qe6 43.Qd3 Qa2 44.Qd2 Qe6 45.Ke2 Qa2 46.Kf3 Qb1 47.Qc2 Qa1 48.Qe4 f5 49.Qe5+ Kh7 50.Qc7+ Kh6 51.Qxc6 Bxe3 52.Kxe3 Qxb2 53.g3 Qc2 54.Qc5 h4 55.Qd4 Qc1+ 56.Kf3 Qh1+ 57.Ke2 hxg3
White to checkmate or win Black's queen by force. How does he start?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Aryan,C2562Buksa,N24031–02020C83Moscow Aeroflot op-A4

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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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