With minimal means

by Oliver Reeh
11/13/2020 – In the diagram position, Black can use mate motifs to achieve perfect coordination of his few remaining pieces. Spot Black's three power moves - and leave White no chance!
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.

This tactical finish ...

... was the final of a strategically highly interesting game between Boris Spassky and Lajos Portisch  in a Closed Sicilian, which Mihail Marin analyses in depth in his column in ChessBase Magazine #198!

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 b6 13.g4 f5 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.gxf5 exf5 16.c4 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rbe8 18.Rbe1 Nc6 19.Bg2 Nd4 20.Kh1 fxe4 21.dxe4 h5 22.Qd3 h4 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Ne2 h3 25.Bf3 Qe7 26.Qd2 g5 27.Kg1 gxf4 28.Nxd4 Qf6 29.Nb5 Rd8 30.Nxa7 Ra8 31.Nb5 Rxa2 32.Qxd6 Rxb2 33.Qxf6 Rxf6 34.e5 Rg6+ 35.Kh1 Bxf3+ 36.Rxf3 From the diagram position, Black can use mate motifs to achieve perfect coordination of his few pieces. Spot his three power moves - and leave White no chance!
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Spassky,B2625Portisch,L26300–11982B25Interzonal-12b9

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ChessBase Magazine #198

CBM 193

 

ChessBase Magazine Extra #197

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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