Unnoticed twist

3/15/2019 – With hindsight it's easy to claim that 30.Qxf3! in the diagram position is the right way to recapture for White, but can you also spot the downside of the actual game move 30.Bxf3?

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Picked up or unleashed

The move 30.♗xf3 played by Vladislav Artemiev, who went on to win the recent Gibraltar Masters leaves White's knight e6 in the pin of the Re8. What future would you predict for this piece?

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.

Highlights of this issue

Tata Steel — Analysis by Giri, Anand, Vidit, Svidler, Nielsen, Adhiban, Hübner and more

"One of the best games from 2018" — Go king hunting with Simon Williams — Move by Move!

Black has all the fun — Rainer Knaak presents the forcing piece sacrifice 5…Bc5 in the Ponziani Opening

Counter the King's Gambit immediately — Daniel King’s video instruction shows you what to do with Black after 2...exf4 3.Nf3 d5!?

Aggressive against the Dutch — Romain Edouard recommends the immediate provocation 2.Bg5!
...and much more!

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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.