Finesse

by Oliver Reeh
1/10/2020 – Following 19.Bg5!? Be7 in the diagram position White has a clever way to maintain the initiative, based on his mighty queen f3. Can you find four stringent moves in a row?
Analyses by Caruana, Giri, Duda, Wang Hao, So, Vidit, Vitiugov, McShane and many more. Plus videos by Williams, King and Shirov. 11 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and training sessions in strategy, tactics and endgame!

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Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow pointed out 19.♗g5!? in his detailed analysis of this important game in the current ChessBase Magazine 193!

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Rd1 b6 10.d4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.e4 Rd8 13.Be3 Na5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.h4 b5 16.Bxb5 Bxe4 17.dxc5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxc5 Following 19.Bg5!? Be7 in the diagram position White has a clever way to maintain the initiative, based on his might queen f3. Can you find four stringent moves in a row? CBM readers know more 19.Bg5!? was pointed out by Michal Krasenkow in his detailed analysis of this important game in the current ChessBase Magazine 193! 19.Bg5!? White targets the rook d8, facing Black with concrete questions. The game saw 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.Qe2 Qe7 21.h5 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Rd1 Qc5 25.Rd7 Qxc3 26.Qd1 h6 27.g3 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Nc6 29.Rd7 Ne5 30.Rd8 Qc7 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.a4 Ke7 33.Be2 Qc3 34.Qb1 Nc6 35.Qb7+ Kf6 36.Bf1 Na5 37.Qd7 g5 38.hxg6 Kxg6 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Bb5 Qe5 41.Qd3 Qc5 42.Qf3 Qd4 43.Be8 Qd5 44.Qxd5 exd5 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Kg4 Ke7 47.Bb5 Kf6 48.Kh5 Kg7 49.Bf1 Nb3 50.Bg2 d4 51.Bf1 Nd2 52.Bd3 Nb3 53.Bf1 Nd2 54.Bd3 Nb3 55.Bb5 f6 56.Bf1 Na5 57.Ba6 Nb3 58.Bb5 Na5 59.Kg4 Nb7 60.Kf4 Nc5 61.a5 d3 62.Ke3 d2 63.Be2 1-0. 19...Be7 19...Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 surrenders the d-file. 19...f6 weakens the light squares: 20.Bf4 e5 21.Bg3
Black has blocked the diagonal g5-d8. What now?
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Grischuk,A2764Vachier Lagrave,M27772019A17Hamburg FIDE GP3.2

Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine

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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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