Disaster

by Oliver Reeh
5/21/2020 – In the diagram position White's bishop a2 fires against the knight e6. The intermediate exchange 31...Rxd1 32.Rxd1 is still okay for Black, however, offering a second rook trade with 32...Rd8?? leads to disaster. Can you see why?

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.

Guardians

Rooks are the natural protectors of the back rank, and with both of them gone ...

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2 a5 10.Bb5 Na7 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.a3 Bc6 13.Qf2 Nc8 14.Rd1 Qd7 15.0-0 b5 16.Kh1 Qb7 17.Ne2 a4 18.Nd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Ng3 Nd6 21.Bc5 Nf4 22.Rfe1 Qc7 23.Bf1 Rac8 24.c3 f6 25.Nde4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 g6 27.Bb6 Qb7 28.Be3 Ne6 29.Bd3 Rfd8 30.Bb1 Kg7 31.Ba2 The diagram position sees White's bishop a2 firing against the knight e6. The intermediate exchange 31...Rxd1 32. Rxd1 is still okay for Black, however, offering a second rook trade with 32... Rd8?? leads to disaster. Can you see the catch? Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rd8?? After something like 32...Nf8 White's game continuation would not work. More on this below.
Please take on d8 only after you have seen how to continue following 33...Nxd8 then!
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Short,N2626Murray,D21381–02020B56Bunratty Masters 20201

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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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