Light start to the new year

1/4/2019 – In the diagram position, White is of course clearly winning. But beauty does matter in chess — can you see the neatest way for him to take the game home?

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Happy New Year!

I wish you the very best for 2019. I hope chess(Base) will remain a constant in your life in this fast-paced world.

Strike like the world champions

88 times, IM Oliver Reeh leads you step by step through the most brillant game conclusions of the world champions - in interactive Fritztrainer format, enabling you to enter the winning moves yourself.

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by tactic expert Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, endgames, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

WCh match London 2018
Anand, So, Gelfand, Duda, Shankland, Navara, Adams, etc. annotate the games

Take and smile!
Daniel Naroditski has a new recipe for White in the London System with 4.dxc5

Giri's stroke of genius
Admire Anish Giri’s new endgame discovery together with Karsten Müller (Video)

"Move by Move" á la Ding Liren
Investigate some amazing attacking moves along with Simon Williams

Olympiad Special
Enjoy three training videos with Yannick Pelletier

Olympiad Highlight
Mihail Marin presents the brilliancy Aronian-Mamedyarov. (Video)

Serve and volley!
Let Alexey Kuzmin excite you with Mamedyarov’s plan 4…h6 / 6…g5 in the Two Knights Defence!

Mr. Isle of Man
"IOM" winner Radoslaw Wojtaszek analyses his victory in the top duel with Michael Adams.

Dragon tamer
Kristzian Szabo dissects the subtleties of the variation with 7.Be2 followed by 9.0-0-0.

A mad rook!
Tactics expert Oliver Reeh demonstrates the versatility of a major piece. (Video)

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Oliver Reeh 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.