A missed chance

by Oliver Reeh
1/22/2021 – Yes, White's king is on f4! Which Black could have exploited. But this was a rapid game, and in time-pressure Magnus Carlsen, who was playing with Black against Ian Nepomniachtchi, did not find the win. Can you do better?

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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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Re1 Bf8 10.d4 b5 11.Bc2 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.Nf1 g6 14.Ng3 Bg7 15.Be3 Nd7 16.Rc1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qf6 18.Bb3 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Rxc7 Ra7 21.Rxa7 Qxa7 22.Qxd6 Bxb2 23.f4 Nc5 24.Bd5 Bd4 25.Re2 Nd3 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Rd2 Bc5 28.Qc6 Nxf4+ 29.Kf3 Rd8 30.Kxf4 Rd6 31.Qe8 A missed chance Yes, White's king is on f4! Which Black could have exploited. But this was a rapid game, and in time-pressure Magnus Carlsen who was playing with Black against Ian Nepomniachtchi, did not find the win. Can you do better? Online rapid chess has its pros and cons - in the Skilling preliminary Carlsen lost to Nepomniachtchi due to a mouse-slip ...
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Nepomniachtchi,I2784Carlsen,M28621–02020C91Skilling Open KO 20202.21

 

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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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