Final result: 2-2!

by Oliver Reeh
5/15/2020 – This is a pleasantly tricky position! After 19...Bxe4 20.fxe5 Black needs to calculate precisely: two key lines win for Black, two key lines win for White. Can you find these lines and do you see how Black can win?

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The fine line

This game from my tactics columns in CBM 195 is a vivid reminder how a single move can decide in sharp positions.

 
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1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 g6 7.c3 0-0 8.Bd3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.h4 c5 11.e5 Bg7 12.h5 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f4 d6 16.hxg6 dxe5 17.Rxh7 Qf6 18.Qh5 Rfd8 19.Ne4 In this touch-and-go position, 19...Bxe4 20.fxe5 leaves four variations to be found - two of them see White winning, two Black. Whose moves can you spot easier? Bxe4! 20.fxe5 Qe7! 20...Qxe5??
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Batsiashvili,N2456Wang,H27580–12020A80Gibraltar Masters 20203.17

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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