The pinning bishop e4

by Oliver Reeh
3/27/2020 – In the diagram position Black faces the question of how to exploit the immobilized rook d3. In the game he made the wrong choice. Can you do better?
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Kb1 Nd7 15.Bd3 Ne5 16.f4 Nc6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nb3 0-0 19.c3 Rfd8 20.Qe3 b4 21.c4 a5 22.g3 a4 23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 e5 25.Qe3 exf4 26.gxf4 Re8 27.Rhe1 d5 28.cxd5 Bxd5 29.Qd4 Bb7 30.Rg1 g6 31.e5 Red8 32.Qe3 a3 33.f5 Qxh4 34.e6 Rxd3 35.Rxd3 Be4 36.exf7+ Kf8 37.Qd4 In the diagram position Black faces the question of how to exploit the immobilized rook d3. In the game he made the wrong choice - can you do better?
Which position is won for Black? A) 37...Bxd3+ 38.Qxd3 B) 37...Rd8 38.Qxb4+ Qe7 39.Qxe7+ Kxe7 Please make up your mind and play Black's first move.
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De Boer,E2324Slingerland,F23332020B6782nd Tata Steel Qualifier1.1

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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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