Demolition man

2/15/2019 – In the diagram position the black pieces seem to be perfectly placed but he still has to find a way to make short work of White's position. Do you want some action? Please, do not hesitate!

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Energetic

The key to White's position are his "hedgehog pawns" on d3 and e3. Once they are out of the way ...

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.