Paving the way

by Oliver Reeh
6/7/2019 – 26.Qe6! in the diagram position just feels right - the queen takes a threatening stance in front of Black's king which is stuck in the middle. However, after 26...Qc6 or 26...Bc6 White must walk the talk. Are you up to it?
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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Dominating as it is, the queen on e6 cannot win the battle alone – it has to team up with other white pieces - one in particular ...

 
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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e6 fxe6 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nf6 16.0-0 e5 17.Nxd5 Rxc1 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Qxc1 Be4 20.a4 Qb8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rd1 Be7 23.Ba3 b4 24.Bb2 Qb7 25.Qc4 g5 26.Qe6! in the diagram position just feels right - the queen takes a menacing stance in front of Black's king which is stuck in the middle. However, following 26...Qc6 or 26...Bc6 White must walk the talk. Are you up to it? 26.Qe6! Qc6 26...Bc6
Black intends to chase away the dominating queen e6 with mit . ..Bd7, and 27.Bc4 Rf8 isn't really leading anywhere. Do you have another idea for White?
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Ushenina,A2432Borisova,E22551–02019D15Russian Women's Team Championship1

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.

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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

  • CBM 184Najdorf 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 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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