Ganguly's calculus

by Oliver Reeh

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3/1/2019 – Black can obtain a clear advantage after 26...f5! 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Qxh6 with the right continuation at hand. Are you ready to follow in (five of) his footsteps then?

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No cakewalk

After 26...f5! White inevitably loses a piece — the trick is not to allow him to get three pawns for it.

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.

Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine

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.

The best of ChessBase Magazine #187:

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Daniel Naroditski has a new recipe for White in the London System with 4.dxc5
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Admire Anish Giri’s new endgame discovery together with Karsten Müller (Video)
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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 is an International Master, lives in Hamburg, and plays for the "Hamburger Schachklub" in the "Bundesliga". He is a long-time member of the ChessBase team, and regularly entertains and educates readers with his tactic column in the ChessBase Magazine. He is also co-author of the popular DVDs on Bobby Fischer, Mihhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, and José Raul Capablanca appearing in the ChessBase Master Class Series.

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