Do you have an eye for tactics? (2)

by Oliver Reeh
6/12/2020 – In the diagram position White's last move was 14.Qh3 which creates a classical threat ... which Black happily ignored! Can you imagine what happened?
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Blunt

White's whole concept with Qf3-h3 to create mating threats against h7 is based on his active bishop d3 - and is perhaps too blunt to be good.

 
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1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 a6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 d5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.d4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 c5 13.Qf3 b5 14.Qh3 In the diagram, White has just played 14.Qh3 posing a classical threat ... which Black happily ignored! Can you imagine what happened?
White is pressing against h7. Which pawn move move did Black play?
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Cummings,D2342Priehoda,V23370–12020E14FIDE World Senior Team Championship5.5

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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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