Star piece
To unleash the attacking potential of Black's knight on d6, it might help recalling the tactical strike from the classical game Pillsbury vs Lasker — featured of course in ChessBase Master Class Volume 5: Emanuel Lasker!
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1.d4 Nf6 1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4 Be7 8.0-0-0 Qa5 9.e3 Bd7 10.Kb1 h6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd4 0-0 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qh5 Nxd4 15.exd4 Be6 16.f4 Rac8 17.f5 Rxc3 18.fxe6 Ra3‼ 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.bxa3 Qb6+ 21.Bb5 Qxb5+ 22.Ka1 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rc4 24.Rhd1 Rc3 25.Qf5 Qc4 26.Kb2 Rxa3 27.Qe6+ Kh7 28.Kxa3 Qc3+ 29.Ka4 b5+ 30.Kxb5 Qc4+ 31.Ka5 Bd8+ 32.Qb6 Bxb6# 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c6 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e6 9.Qd3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.0-0-0 Qa5 12.Kb1 Nh7 13.Bh6 f5 14.Ne2 0-0-0 15.Bf4 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 e5 17.Nxg6 e4 18.Qf1 exf3 19.Nxh8 fxg2 20.Qxg2 Rxh8 21.Qg6 Nhf6 22.f3 f4 23.exf4 Re8 24.Qf5 Re3 25.Rhf1 Ne8 26.Qxh5 Nd6 27.Rg1 Kc7‼ 27...Nc4 28.Rg8+ Kc7 29.Qg5! 28.Qh7 28.Rg7 Qd2! 29.Rgg1 29.Rxd2 Re1+ 29...Qb4! - Start an analysis engine:
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| Cuhendi,S | 2425 | Lagarde,M | 2657 | 0–1 | 2019 | A45 | 24th Barcelona Open-A 2019 | 2.2 |
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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.
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.
Master Class Vol.5: Emanuel Lasker
The name Emanuel Lasker will always be linked with his incredible 27 years reign on the throne of world chess. In 1894, at the age of 25, he had already won the world title from Wilhelm Steinitz and his record number of years on the throne did not end till 1921 when Lasker had to accept the superiority of Jose Raul Capablanca. But not only had the only German world champion so far seen off all challengers for many years, he had also won the greatest tournaments of his age, sometimes with an enormous lead. The fascinating question is, how did he manage that?
Highlights of this issue
Top players annotate
Caruana, So, Jones, Wang Hao, Duda, McShane, Vitiugov, Vidit, Yu Yangyi, Huschenbeth and many more
- The truth about Traxler
Renato Quintiliano clarifies 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
- "When even I am sacrificing a piece …"
Anish Giri shows a swift kingside attack from Batumi, introduced by the rook manoeuvre Ra3-g3!
- Me and the new engines
Tanmay Srinath rams the Berlin Defence
- Korchnoi's French Endgame
Mihail Marin’s recommendation goes far beyond the opening
- Playing the Marshall anyway!
Simon Williams discusses Daniil Dubov’s 8…d5 in the Anti-Marshall (video)
- "Simple and strong!"
Oliver Reeh invites you to a straightforward attack on the king to end with an Epaulettes mate! (video)
- Busted on the square g4!
Jan-Krzysztof Duda analyses his endgame victory over Yu Yangyi from the Hamburg Grand Prix
- With umbrella and body-check!
Let Karsten Müller show you how to succeed in rook endgames – instructive and practical!
- "I don't mind playing opening lines from both sides"
Pentala Harikrishna explains his victory over Adhiban with the Benoni at the IOM (video)
- Dubov gem!
Igor Stohl analyzes the stunner Dubov-Svane from Batumi – from the opening duel to the mate final!
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