Not that simple

by Oliver Reeh
1/29/2021 – In the diagram position White is three pawns up and just played 45.Qf7+. Things look fine for White but the position is not that simple. After 45...Ng7 White played 46.Be3?? and now Black had a chance to strike. What did he do?
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Nf1 0-0 9.Ng3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Bb5 Bd6 13.d4 exd4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxd4 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Nxc6 Re8 19.Nd4 Bxh3 20.Qf3 Bd7 21.b3 Re4 22.Bf4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Rae8 24.Rfe1 Nf6 25.Rxe4 Nxe4 26.Bf4 h5 27.Re1 h4 28.c4 Kh7 29.Qd3 h3 30.g3 f5 31.Qf1 Qh5 32.f3 h2+ 33.Kh1 Nf6 34.Rxe8 Nxe8 35.Qe2 Qf7 36.a4 Qf6 37.Qxh2+ Kg8 38.Qd2 Nc7 39.Nb5 Ne6 40.Qxd6 Qa1+ 41.Kg2 Qe1 42.Qb8+ Kh7 43.Qe5 Qd1 44.Qxf5+ g6 45.Qf7+ In the diagram position White is three pawns up and just played 45.Qf7+. Things look fine for White but the position is not that simple. After 45...Ng7 White played 46.Be3?? and now Black had a chance to strike. What did he do? White's 45.Qf7+ is already the first step into the wrong direction, making the queen actually vulnerable ... Ng7 46.Be3?? After this the 'active' 45.Qf7+ (45.Qe4!+-) backfires completely. 46.Kf2 running towards the centre looks strange enough, but still keeps the advantage according to the comp. 46...Bh3+! The bishop appears on the scene! 47.Kxh3 and 47.Kh2 - clear cases for you each? 47.Kh2 47.Kxh3 Qh1+ Driving the king into the open. 48.Kg4 Qh5+ With the white bishop on f4 this would actually be checkmate, but it's bad enough for him as it is. 49.Kf4 g5+ winning the queen - 45.Qf7+ really wasn't a good move! 47.Kf2 Qf1# 47...Qf1 and checkmate on g2 cannot be prevented. 0–1
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Karjakin,S2752Anton Guijarro,D26750–12020C54Skilling Open Prelim12.4

 

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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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