Skillful provocation

by Oliver Reeh
9/14/2024 – In the diagram position White had just played 25.Bh4! in order to plant his knight in the black king's position after 25...g5 26.Nf6+. What happens next ... is entirely up to you!
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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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,165,57054%2421---
1.d4946,47455%2434---
1.Nf3281,31256%2441---
1.c4181,93756%2442---
1.g319,68856%2427---
1.b314,23654%2427---
1.f45,88648%2377---
1.Nc33,79651%2384---
1.b41,75348%2380---
1.a31,19754%2403---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d394850%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342651%2425---
1.h327956%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39147%2431---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.Bg5 Bxc5 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Be2 b6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Ne5 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.a4 a6 14.Qd4 Qc7 15.Bg3 Qc5 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Ne2 Rfd8 18.c3 Ne8 19.Qd2 Nd6 20.Nf4 Nc4 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.Nh5 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Bf8 24.Rd4!? Qe7 25.Bh4! Skillful provocation In the diagram position White had just played 25.Bh4! in order to plant his knight in the black king's position after 25...g5 26.Nf6+. What happens next ... is entirely up to you! g5
26.Nf6+! Kg7. Please determine White's continuation, then give the knight check.
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Swiatnicki,A2004Ziemniak,G16931–02020A45POL-chT 2nd League6.17

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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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