Sophisticated

by Oliver Reeh
10/30/2020 – If White plays 12.Bh1 in the diagram position to keep the fianchetto bishop the white king on g1 is boxed in and this might lead to trouble, especially in view of the powerful bishop on h3. But does Black really have a way to raid White's position!
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.

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... there is nothing at all wrong with 12.Bh1 here, but in general I feel it is the kind of move asking for trouble. Would you agree?

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nc2 0-0 10.b3 Qc8 11.Re1 Bh3 Playing 12.Bh1 in the diagram position to keep the fianchetto bishop leaves the white king g1 boxed in by the enemy's active Bh3. Your call for a raid as Black! 12.Bh1 Avoiding the trade - this was of course the idea of playing 11.Re1.
White has played Bh1. How can Black get active immediately?
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Harika,D2461Hou,Y25780–12008A38WMSG Blitz 1st (Women)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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