Poised to strike

by Oliver Reeh
8/28/2021 – In the diagram position, White has two aggressive knights on the e-file and a mobile queen behind them - a constellation that is just crying out for a combination. Your call!

Strike like the world champions Strike like the world champions

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 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Nc5 7.Be3 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Nd5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bd6 12.Nc4 Ne6 13.Qc3 Bc5 14.f5 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Nec5 16.Ne7+ Kh8 17.Ne5 Qe8 Poised to strike In the diagram position, White has two aggressive knights on the e-file and a mobile queen behind them - a constellation that is just crying out for a combination. Your call!
How would you capitalize on White's trio Qe3-Ne5-Ne7?
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Feygin,M2546Muse,M24481–02009B07Bundesliga 09104.3

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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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