Hanging helpers

by Oliver Reeh
9/11/2020 – In the diagram position, the black queen on e3 and the black knight on g4 need the help of the 'heavy guys' to hunt down the white king who is living on the edge at h3. One key move and two mate lines - enjoy!
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.

Laterally speaking

Yours truly has a hunch where you would love to place Black's queen in the diagram - the question is how to get it there ...

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Bf5 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bh4 Bd6 11.Rb1 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Bg3 Ng4 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Kh8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Ra3 19.Rfc1 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qd6 21.bxc6 Qxc6 22.Nb3 Qe6 23.Rb2 b6 24.Nb5 Ra4 25.Nc7 Qe4 26.Qb5 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Kh2 Nf6 29.Rf1 Ng4+ 30.Kh3 In the diagram position, Black's Qe3 and Ng4 need the support of the 'heavy guys' to hunt down the white edge king h3. One key move and two mate lines - enjoy!
Black to play and win.
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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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