Out of the way

5/10/2019 – In view of the peculiar line-up of White's three pieces on the f-file, 29...Rxe3 in the diagram looks like a real problem for him. But actually he has a forced win. Can you spot it?

ChessBase Magazine 189

World Team Ch and Chess Festival Prague with analyses by Vitiugov, Wojtaszek, Vidit, Duda, Adams, Jones, McShane and many more. Lots of videos by Vidit, King, Williams, Marin, Pelletier etc. Plus eleven opening articles, e.g. Italian Game with 6...d5!?

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Refutation

The whole game — with the key moment 20.g5! fxg5 21.♖a2!! followed by 22.♖f2 — is featured in Mihail Marin's Strategy column in the new CBM 189: "The typical fight between the white dark-squared bishop and the black knight in the Nimzo-Indian".

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

Najdorf selection
In video, Yannick Pelletier presents three tricky Sicilians from the Gibraltar Open

"I had an idea in the Berlin"
Prague winner Nikita Vitiugov shows how he beat Pentala Harikrishna

"After 36...h5 I was dancing inside!"
Enjoy Vidit Gujrathi’s video analysis of his win against Boris Gelfand

The Torre Surprise
Savour Simon Williams‘ opening video, featuring a novelty in the Torre Attack!

Look forward to five extra videos! Mihail Marin shows a game by the new European champion Vladislav Artemiev. Yannick Pelletier presents his Najdorf selection from the Gibraltar Open. And Robert Ris gives us the slogan: “Everything depends on concrete things!”
...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.