Do you have an eye for tactics? (3)

by Oliver Reeh
6/19/2020 – In the diagram position, pinning Black's knight on c6 with 29.Rc1 must be a good move for White. Really? Really - but White has to calculate precisely!
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Pinned, but not immobile

Trying to tie a piece down can force the opponent's hand to avoid immediate defeat, but White here had seen far enough ...

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 d6 9.h3 Nc6 10.a3 h6 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.exd4 e5 13.Re1 exd4 14.cxd4 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Nc4 Qd7 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Bh2 Bf8 19.d5 Nb8 20.Nfd2 Bxd5 21.Ne4 Nc6 22.Nexd6 Nf6 23.Nb5 Rd8 24.Bf1 Bc5 25.b4 Bf8 26.Ne3 Be6 27.Qf3 Be7 28.Rd1 Qc8 In the diagram position, pinning Black's c6 knight with 29.Rc1 just must be a good move for White. Really? Really! 29.Rc1
First from Black's point of view. What to do with the attacked Nc6?
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Graf,A2575Ftacnik,L25130–12020A48FIDE World Senior Team Championship4.3

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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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