Simple & difficult

by Oliver Reeh
1/6/2024 – You might see how White could have won outright in the diagram position in the blink of an eye. Black's path to a draw a few moves later, on the other hand, might be a real challenge. Either way - have fun!
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 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 Qa5 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.Ba7 Rb7 17.Be3 Be6 18.Nc1 d5 19.Nb3 Qa4 20.Bc5 0-0 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.g4 dxe4 23.g5 Nh5 24.gxh6 g6 25.fxe4 Kh7 26.Rg1 Bxb3 27.axb3 Qc6 28.Rg5 Nf4 29.h5 Nxh5 30.Qd2 a5 31.Rxh5 gxh5 32.Bh3 Kh8 33.Rg1 f6 34.Qg2 f5 35.h7 Qe8 36.Bxf5 Qf7 37.Qg5 Qg7 38.Qe3 Qf6 39.Rg6 Qf7 40.Qg5 Ree8 Simple & difficult You might see how White could have won outright in the diagram position in the blink of an eye. Black's path to a draw a few moves later, on the other hand, might be a real challenge. Either way - have fun!
Take your time to find White's winning continuation here. When you are ready, please execute the game move 41.Qh6?
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Yudasin,L2505Kovalev,A2440½–½1988B66URS-ch FL56

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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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