Light start to the new year

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

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 Ng6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 a5 11.b5 Nf4 12.c4 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.cxd5 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Nxd5 16.a4 0-0 17.Nc4 Bb4 18.Nfd2 Qg5 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Ned6 b6 21.Rad1 Qg5 22.Rd4 Qe7 23.Rg4 f5 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Ne4 Rf5 27.Nxb6 Raf8 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.h4 h6 30.Rc1 R8f7 31.Rc6 Qd4 32.Rxe6 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa4 34.Re8+ Kh7 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?
Please make short work of Black's position.
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Gledura,B2621Santarius,E24041–02018B12SPICE Cup Open 20182.6

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.

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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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