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by Oliver Reeh
4/12/2019 – The best move for White in the diagram position is 28.Rd3!, but following 28...Qc8 29.Rg3? throws the win away. Can you spot Black's saving trick after that?
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Snatching a draw from the jaws of defeat

Saving (half) a point from a lost position, particularly when playing for a team, is a great thing — but I guess we all know the other side only too well ...

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Bd7 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfd8 13.Qe1 Be8 14.Bc4 Qc7 15.Bb3 Na5 16.g4 Nxb3 17.axb3 b5 18.g5 hxg5 19.fxg5 Nh5 20.g6 b4 21.gxf7+ Bxf7 22.Nb5 Qb7 23.Nbd4 Re8 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Qh4 Rf8 26.Ng5 Nf6 27.Rhf1 Bh5 28.Rd3! in the diagram position is the best move for White, but following 28...Qc8 29.Rg3? throws the win away. Can you spot Black's saving trick after that? 28.Rd3! Qc8 29.Rg3? One rook shift too many. 29.Rxf6! uproots the bishop h5 and wins, e.g. gxf6 29...Rxf6 30.Qxh5 Rf1+ 31.Rd1!+- not 31.Ka2?? Qa6# 30.Ngxe6+-
Black to play and draw.
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Lau,R2530Reeh,O2435½–½1993B64Bundesliga 9293

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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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