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by Oliver Reeh
1/26/2018 – White cannot castle, but with his knight blocking the centre and the king ready to scarper to f2 his position seems just fine. Can you prove this evaluation wrong?
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No escape

A bishop on a3 (a6), preventing the opponent's short castling, can be a decisive piece and often is worth sacrificing material. 

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Bb5 0-0 13.Ne2 Rd8 14.h4 cxd4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.cxd4 Ba6 17.Nc3 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5
The queen e7 is attacked, and the white king is ready to scarper to f2. How would you continue as Black?
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Gileviych,A2429Stella,A25060–12017E60Finale CIA 20171.4

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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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