Light summer mate III

by Oliver Reeh
7/5/2019 – In view of the coffin nail f6, the only hope for Black's king in the diagram position is based on his defending knight on e8. White to play. Say no more!?
Analyses by Caruana, Nepomniachtchi, Anand, Kashlinskaya, Wojtaszek, Navara, Meier, Keymer etc. from recent top-class tournaments. Videos by King, Trent, Pelletier and Marin. 12 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more!

Sitting on one's hands ...

...is a well-proven method in chess to avoid impulsive mistakes. No need to take it literally though.

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Bb2 dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Rad1 Rfd8 13.d3 Rac8 14.Ne1 Nb4 15.f3 Ne8 16.a3 Nc6 17.f4 Bf6 18.Nf3 Na5 19.g4 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Qa4 21.f5 exf5 22.gxf5 Qxa3 23.Bb2 Qb3 24.f6 g6 25.e4 b5 26.Ra1 bxc4 27.Rxa5 cxd3 28.Qd2 Bxe4 29.Re1 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 Qb6 In view of the coffin nail f6, the only hope for Black's king in the diagram position is based on his defending knight on e8. White to play. Say no more!?
White to play and win.
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Lubbe,N2431Dauth,B22951–02019A14Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft1.7

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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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