Adhiban's amazing attack

by Oliver Reeh
5/3/2019 – A standard position from the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, with a quiet positional fight ahead? Well, not after White's stunning continuation from the diagram — it will soon be mate alert. Have fun!

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Mate alert!

One might argue it's kind of fair that White's attack from the diagram position eventually does not succeed (after all Black hasn't committed any opening sin), but it's sure close enough!

 

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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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