Space advantage!

by Oliver Reeh
6/3/2023 – Even with few pieces on the board, territorial dominance can be a decisive factor. In the diagram position Black could have already won with 82...Rg1!, but he took his time to relish the position and won a bit later. Endgame technique spiced up with tactical motifs - enjoy!
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.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.Be2 c5 6.dxc5 Ne4 7.0-0 Nxc5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bd2 d6 10.Be1 Bd7 11.Rc1 a6 12.b3 Rb8 13.Nd5 b5 14.Bc3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 b4 16.Nd5 e6 17.Nf4 Ne4 18.Qc2 Nc3 19.Bd3 f5 20.Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.Bxe2 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Rfd8 23.Rd2 Be8 24.Rcd1 a5 25.h4 Rd7 26.g3 Rbd8 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 Bf7 29.Bf3 e5 30.R4d2 e4 31.Be2 Qe5 32.Rd4 Be6 33.Qd2 h6 34.Kg2 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Rh1 Rg7 37.Kf1 Kf7 38.Ke1 Ke7 39.Kd1 Rc8 40.Bf1 Rb8 41.Qb2 Rf7 42.Rd2 Qxb2 43.Rxb2 Ra8 44.Rh6 Rf6 45.Rh7+ Rf7 46.Rh6 Rff8 47.Rh7+ Bf7 48.Rd2 Rh8 49.Rxh8 Rxh8 50.Kc2 Rh2 51.Kb2 Ke6 52.a3 Rh1 53.Be2 Ke5 54.axb4 axb4 55.Bd1 Rf1 56.Kc2 d5 57.cxd5 Bxd5 58.Kb2 Bc6 59.Bc2 Bb5 60.Bd1 Kf6 61.Rd6+ Kg7 62.Rd2 Bd3 63.Ka2 Kg6 64.Kb2 Rh1 65.Ka2 Rh8 66.Kb2 Rc8 67.Ka2 Ra8+ 68.Kb2 Ra6 69.Kc1 Rc6+ 70.Kb2 Kf6 71.Ka2 Ke5 72.Kb2 Ra6 73.Kc1 Rc6+ 74.Kb2 f4 75.gxf4+ gxf4 76.exf4+ Kxf4 77.Ka2 Rc3 78.Kb2 Ke5 79.Ka2 Kd4 80.Kb2 Rc5 81.Bg4 Rg5 82.Bd1 Space advantage! Even with few pieces on the board, territorial dominance can be a decisive factor. In the diagram position Black could have already won with 82...Rg1!, but he took his time to relish the position and won a bit later. Endgame technique spiced up with tactical motifs - enjoy! Rg2 Victory could have been reached with 82...Rg1! Constricting White even more. 83.Bc2 Regarding 83.Bh5 see 91st move in the game - Black to move and win ... 83...Re1! 84.Bd1 84.Bxd3 exd3-+ speaks for itself. 84...e3 85.fxe3+ Kxe3 86.Kc1
First task today: Show the point of Black's 83...Re1!
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Giacomini,H2129Giannoulakis,L23620–12022E60EU-ch 22nd2

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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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