Rook on the seventh

by Oliver Reeh
6/18/2022 – White's big trump in the diagram position is his active rook on h7, and with White's last move 23.Kb1! he also has prevented Black from bringing his king to safety by castling queenside. How would you punish 23...0-0-0?

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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.