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by Oliver Reeh
5/31/2025 – Surrounded by the fianchetto bishop on g7 and the queen on e7, the black king can feel completely safe in the diagram position - or don't you think so?
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1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.h4 e5 6.d5 Ngf6 7.Be2 Nc5 8.Qc2 a5 9.h5 Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.0-0-0 Bf6 15.Kb1 Qe7 16.Nh2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bg5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Nb5 Nc8 20.Ng4 Nd6 21.Nxd6+ cxd6 22.Rh1 Bf6 23.Rh7 Kf8 24.Qe3 Bg7 25.Qh3 Kg8?? Questionable Surrounded by the fianchetto bishop on g7 and the queen on e7, the black king can feel completely safe in the diagram position - or don't you think so? 25...Qg5!
Why was 25...Kg8?? a serious mistake?
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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, tactic column, Tactics
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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