Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A nasty tactical trick

by Robert Ris
10/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game, played in round 2 of the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. This game saw a well-known line of the Caro-Kann, in which Black suddenly won with a nasty tactical trick. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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Robert Ris: "I have a look at the razor-sharp game Paehtz-Munguntuul from round 2 of the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, in which both players followed the former Main Line of the Caro-Kann (4...Bf5), However, the game lasted only 17 moves because White made a horrible oversight.

In this episode I do have a look at some thematical attacking ideas for both sides to illustrate the chances and risks for both sides."

Question: Black to play and win!

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Robert is an International Master who mostly spends his time training and coaching talented youngsters. On the PlayChess server The Fast and the Furious is a popular show where he explains sharp opening lines for a wider audience. He is also a well-known ChessBase author who produced numerous DVDs and regularly contributes to ChessBase Magazine as well. Since 2015 he is the organizer of the Dutch Rapid Championships in his home town Amstelveen. He has started a YouTube channel with chess analysis as well.
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