Spoilt for choice?

by Oliver Reeh
7/5/2025 – Right, 45...Rxh3+! leads to a win for Black in the diagram position - provided he doesn't let up after 46.Kg2. Do you see the way to go?
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.Nb3 Bxb3 8.axb3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Nc4 Nf8 12.Kh1 f6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.Qg4 Rad8 17.Na5 Nd4 18.Qd1 Rb8 19.b4 Bf8 20.Be3 Nb5 21.Nb3 Rbd8 22.Bc5 b6 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.c4 Nd6 25.Qc2 Rfe8 26.h3 h6 27.Rfe1 Nf7 28.Rad1 f5 29.c5 fxe4 30.dxe4 Qe7 31.Nd4 Ne5 32.Nf5 Qe6 33.Qc3 Kh7 34.Rf1 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Qg6 36.Ra1 bxc5 37.bxc5 Nd7 38.Rxa7 Rxe4 39.g4 Re5 40.Rxc7 Rxc5 41.Qd4 Rd5 42.Qe4 Nc5 43.Qf3 Rd3 44.Qg2 Nd7 45.Qe4? Spoilt for choice? Right, 45...Rxh3+! leads to a win for Black in the diagram position - provided he doesn't let up after 46.Kg2. Do you see the way to go?
Before you play 45...Rxh3+!, think of an answer to 46.Kg2 - okay?
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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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