Candidates classic

by Oliver Reeh
4/26/2019 – Playing 14.Bb1! in the diagram position, White prepared to create a queen-bishop battery on the diagonal to the enemy king. Black rushed in to block it with 14...g5 15.Qc2 Ng6, and then it will be your turn. Enjoy!

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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.