Do you have an eye for tactics? (1)

by Oliver Reeh
6/5/2020 – In the diagram position White played 36.Kh3 and after 36...Qd3 37.Kh4 Qc2 37.Kh3 the game ended in a draw. Trying to continue the fight with 36.h3? (instead of 36.Kh3) is not a good idea - do you see why?
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rad1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 b6 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rf2 Qg5 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Rad8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 f5 22.f4 Qh5 23.Re1 fxe4 24.Rfe2 Qf5 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Rf8 27.g3 Qf7 28.a4 Qg7 29.Kg2 h5 30.Qe6+ Kh7 31.Kh3 Rf6 32.Qe7 Rf7 33.Qg5 Qd4 34.Re6 Qd3 35.Kh4 Qc2 After 36.Kh3 Qd3 37.Kh4 Qc2 37.Kh3 from the diagram position, the game was drawn. White had a very good reason not to continue the fight with 36.h3? - can you spot it? 36.h3? The game saw 36.Kh3! Qd3 37.Kh4 Qc2 38.Kh3 with a draw.
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Ftacnik,L2513Hebden,M24442020E94FIDE World Senior Team Championship5.3

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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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