Rook invaders

by Oliver Reeh
11/6/2020 – In the diagram position White can win with the line opener 37.f5!. However, after Black's answer 37...gxf5 White has to avoid one last pitfall. Which he can do if he follows the motto: keep calm!

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... of several games German IM Roven Vogel, World Champion U-16 2015, has annotated for CBM198!

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,174,61854%2421---
1.d4952,91955%2434---
1.Nf3283,84956%2440---
1.c4183,33456%2442---
1.g319,80456%2427---
1.b314,46454%2427---
1.f45,92648%2377---
1.Nc33,85550%2384---
1.b41,77548%2379---
1.a31,23954%2405---
1.e31,07549%2409---
1.d396150%2378---
1.g466946%2361---
1.h446554%2381---
1.c343651%2426---
1.h328456%2419---
1.a411759%2462---
1.f310047%2427---
1.Nh39267%2511---
1.Na34360%2477---
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 a6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 b5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 b4 11.Na4 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qg5 15.f4 Qh6 16.Bf3 f5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rac1 a5 19.Bd4 Qe6 20.Bc5 Rfc8 21.h3 Ba6 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Bd6 h5 24.Qf2 g6 25.Kh2 Bb5 26.g4 hxg4 27.Rg1 Kf7 28.Rxg4 Rh8 29.Rcg1 Rag8 30.Nc5 Nxc5 31.Bxc5 Rh5 32.R1g3 Rgh8 33.Qg2 R8h6 34.Rg5 Rxg5 35.Rxg5 Rh7 36.Bd6 Bd3 The line opener 37.f5! in the diagram position should have won for White, however, following 37...gxf5 there is one last pitfall to avoid. Motto: keep calm! 37.f5! "All in all, Adam played clearly better than me on this day and thus deservedly won both games. Still, I did have my chances, of course." (Roven Vogel) gxf5
In this position White wins with 38.Kg1!! Please execute the game continuation 38.Rg8? only after seeing how to draw as Black then (3 moves in total).
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kozak,A2503Vogel,R24561–02020A11Online Olym KO Stage1.5

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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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