Outmaneuvered

by Oliver Reeh
9/3/2022 – Only two pawns left on each side, equal material - and yet from the diagram position White wins by force. Five moves, one leitmotif - 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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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5 9.d5 exd5 10.a4 Nb4 11.axb5 Bd6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ng5 0-0 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.Kg1 Qxe4 18.Re1 Qf5 19.Be3 Bb7 20.bxa6 Bxa6 21.Qd6 Rfc8 22.Ra5 Bb7 23.Rb5 Ba6 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Bxc5 Nd3 26.Qxa6 Rf8 27.Bxf7+ Kh8 28.Qd6 Qxc5 29.Qxd3 Rxf7 30.Re8+ Rf8 31.Qe3 Qf5 32.b4 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Qxb4
White wins by force thanks to the Black's bank rank weakness. First move?
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Georgiev,V2519Lazarev,V25011–01999D27Elgoibar 09th1

 

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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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