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by Oliver Reeh
5/5/2017 – 21.Nf6! in the diagram position is a good idea since the knight cannot be captured. But how to continue if Black declines the sacrifice with 21...h6 then? Try to reproduce GM Markus Ragger's model attack from the Bundesliga - with splendid moves galore ...
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Rc1 Ra7 13.Nc3 Qb8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Bd8 18.Qh5 Qb7 19.Rc5 Kh8 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Nf6! in the diagram position is a good idea since the knight cannot be captured. But how to continue if Black declines the sacrifice with 21...h6 then? Try to reproduce GM Markus Ragger's model attack from the Bundesliga - with splendid moves galore ... 21.Nf6! h6 After 21...gxf6 22.exf6 White wins quickly, e. g. Qe4 22...Rg8 23.Rg5 23.Qh6 Rg8
Checkmate in 3, please!
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Black has declined the knight sacrifice. How should White continue?
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Ragger,M2677Ruck,R25571–02017E04BL 2016-1715

 

 

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ChessBase Magazine #177 (April/Mai)

The editor’s top ten: 

1. Finally winning Wijk! Wesley So presents his game against Wojtaszek and explains why victory in the classic tournament in the Netherlands was so important to him. 
2. An “oddball” idea: Levon Aronian explains how with 8.Na3 in the Catalan he achieved a brilliant win against Giri.
3. French aggression: attack together with Simon Williams "Move by Move“ – just like Ju Wenjun did in her victory over Hou Yifan!
4. Spanish temptation: let Rainer Knaak show you how to entice your opponent into the 7.Ng5 trap with 6...d7-d6.
5. “Raving Rooks”: along with Oliver Reeh light some tactical fireworks with double threats and multi-purpose moves (interactive video).
6. For and against the Bogo-Indian: GM Postny sums up the trends of recent years and shows you what is at present recommended.
7. „Portuguese Scandinavian“: let Petra Papp show you how best to meet the gambit 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4.
8. A "mad way to win“: Anish Giri explains how he got Andreikin into trouble with the Scotch and what brilliant engine move he missed at the end.
9. Fantastically shattered: enjoy Rapport's brilliancy against So in Daniel King’s video analysis.
10. Surprise in the Queen’s Indian: let top Swiss player Yannick Pelletier unravel Aronian's 9.Be1 (video).
 

 

 

 

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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