6/2/2017 – 19.d6! Bxd6 in the diagram drags the bishop into the focus of the major pieces in the d-file, 20.Bxf6! gxf6 rips open the king's position, and then all White needs is... power move no. 3 which forces Black to resign. Have you spotted it already?
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.h3e57.Nde2h58.Bg5Be69.f4Nbd710.Qd2Rc811.g3b512.Bg2Be713.a30-014.b3Nb615.Rd1Rc616.Nd5Bxd517.exd5Rc718.fxe5dxe519.d6! Bxd6 in the diagram drags
the bishop into the focus of the major pieces in the d-file, 20.Bxf6! gxf6
rips open the king's position, and then all White needs is... power move no. 3
which forces Black to resign. Have you spotted it already?19.d6!Bxd620.Bxf6!gxf620...Qxf621.Qxd6+-
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Oliver ReehOliver 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.
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