Oops!

by Oliver Reeh
10/29/2022 – In the game Jonny Hector and Jonathan Westerberg played at the Swedish Championship 2022 in Uppsala, both sides had been moving back and forth until they reached the diagram position. However, White now continued his waiting strategy for too long and played 36.Kf2? How can Black use this golden opportunity?
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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 Be6 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.a4 0-0 15.g4 Ne7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Kd2 g6 18.Kc2 Kg7 19.h5 g5 20.Ra3 Rab8 21.Rha1 b6 22.Ba6 Qd7 23.f3 Qc7 24.c4 Bc8 25.Bxc8 Rfxc8 26.b3 a6 27.Qd2 Rb7 28.Kd1 Qe7 29.Ke2 Qf6 30.Kf2 Rc6 31.Kg2 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ra7 Rcb6 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Ra8 bxc4 36.bxc4 Rb4 37.Re8 Rb6 38.Kf2 Rb3 39.Qc2 Ra3 40.Qd2 Rb3 41.Qc2 Rb4 42.Qc1 Ra4 43.Qc2 Ra6 44.Qd2 Rb6 45.Kg2 Rb3 Oops! In the game Jonny Hector and Jonathan Westerberg played at the Swedish Championship 2022 in Uppsala, both sides had been moving back and forth until they reached the diagram position. However, White now continued his waiting strategy for too long and played 36.Kf2? How can Black use this golden opportunity? 46.Kf2?? 46.Qc2!
Why does 46.Kf2?? blunder the game?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Hector,J2441Westerberg,J24760–12022B30Swedish Championship 20229.5

 

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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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