Pawn chain saw

by Oliver Reeh
1/22/2022 – In the diagrammed position Black just played 25...Bd1?? to attack the pawn on e2. However, this backfired with a vengeance. How did White react?
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.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 Rb8 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Nc2 Nc7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Nxb4 cxb4 16.Rxb4 b5 17.cxb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Rxb5 19.Rxb5 Bxb5 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Rc1 e6 22.Bf4 d5 23.Rc7 Ba4 24.Qa3 Qb5 25.Bh3 Bd1?? Pawn chain saw In the diagrammed position Black just played 25...Bd1?? to attack the pawn on e2. However, this backfired with a vengeance. How did White reply?
Black has played 25...Bd1??. Your reaction as White?
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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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