The other day in the Playchess Café

by Oliver Reeh
10/16/2020 – With 18.Qb5 (diagram), White has just attacked the black pawn on d5. Can you work out why 18...Rfe8! is a very relaxed way of dealing with this threat?
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There are only a few pieces...

... left on the board, but the second idea of 18...Rfe8! might not be easy to spot...

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Nf3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.0-0 Bg4 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rac1 g6 18.Qb5 Playing 18.Qb5 (diagram), White has just attacked the black pawn d5. Can you work out why 18...Rfe8! is a very relaxed way of dealing with this threat? Rfe8! Indirectly protecting the pawn. In the game, Black (name changed by the editor) did not react as cooly and finally lost. Continuation following 19.Qxd5 and 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Qxd5 ready? 19.Rxc8 19.Qxd5?
White has swallowed the pawn d5. How does Black get the advantage now?
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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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