Matter of honour

by Oliver Reeh
6/16/2017 – Missing a forced mate? For the sophisticated chess player definitely a no-go! In the diagram position White is a full rook up and could parry the enemy threats 38.Bb5. But of course he can do much better. How?

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.Bd3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.h4 Nd7 12.Be5 h6 13.g4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxh4 15.Qf3 Bc8 16.c4 Qf6 17.Qg2 c6 18.Rh3 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Be6 20.Rxc6 Bd5 21.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 22.Kd1 Qe1+ 23.Kc2 Qf2+ 24.Kb3 a5 25.a4 b5 26.Bxb5 Rad8 27.Qe4 Qe1 28.Ka2 Be7 29.Bd3 f5 30.gxf5 Qd2+ 31.Rc2 Qb4 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Ng6+ Kh7 34.Nxf8+ Bxf8 35.f6+ g6 36.Qc6 Rb8 37.Qd7+ Kh8 Missing a forced mate? For the sophisticated chess player definitely a no-go! In the diagram position White is a full rook up and could parry the enemy threats 38.Bb5. But of course he can do much better. How?
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Goudriaan,E2360Rezasade,A23161–02016D372.BLW 1617 SV Mülheim Nord - SG Bochum3.3

 

 

Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine

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ChessBase Magazine #178 (June/July)

The editor’s top ten: 

  • Win with Plan B: Aronian analyses his game against Naiditsch at the Grenke Classic: with an exchange sacrifice, a king hunt and an alternative solution.
  • This is how child prodigies think: 12-year old Nihal Sarin from India presents for you his win over GM Bluebaum (video).
  • “The lurking bishop”: Enjoy the tactical fireworks with Oliver Reeh and solve his favourite combination with really masterly moves! (Interactive video)
  • “Strategically completely irrational”: Mihail Marin shows you what has been happening in recent years in the French Winawer Variation.
  • Speculative and spectacular: Enjoy Kramnik’s rook sacrifice for three pawns and a consternated Harikrishna!
  • The pawn as a curse: Test your endgame technique and together with Karsten Müller find the narrow pathway to the draw. (interactive video)
  • Triumph in Poikovsky: Emil Sutovsky (7 out of 9) analyses in great detail his first round win against the previous years’ victor: Sutovsky-Korobov
  • Sharp update: Let Erwin l'Ami show you fantastic new ideas for White and Black in the Two Knights Defence. (video)
  • Popular and dangerous: Adhiban delivers with his attacking win over Swayans further proof for the potential of Queen’s Pawn games.
  • Declining the gambit and still getting an advantage: Krisztian Szabo knows why you do not need to fear 3…f5 in the Ruy Lopez.

 

 

 

 


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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