Use your leverage!

by Oliver Reeh
9/18/2020 – In the diagram position Black would like to close the position, while White wants just the opposite - he would like to open the position to give his pieces space. But it is White to move! How would you continue?
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.

Potential line openers

In the diagram position White has more opportunities to open the position than you might think...

 
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 h6 9.Ne4 Bc7 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.a3 N7f6 12.Nc5 Qe7 13.Rc1 a5 14.e4 Nb6 15.Be3 Ng4 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.h3 Nf6 19.Bc3 Rfd8 20.Qe2 c5 21.Nh4 Rab8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Nd5 24.Bd2 b6 In the diagram Black wants statics, White just the opposite - and he is the one to move! How would you continue? 25.Be4 Interesting was the queenside lever 25.b4!? to open the c-file for the Rc1 against the Bc7 , e.g. axb4 26.axb4 cxb4 26...Nxb4 27.Bxb4 cxb4 also sees White's 28th move from below.
27.Bxd5!? is a surprising exchange, connected with a concrete dynamic idea. Can you see it? (As soon as you do, please execute 27.Bxd5!?)
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ChessBase Magazine #197

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ChessBase Magazine Extra #196

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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