Light cavalry

by Oliver Reeh
2/5/2021 – White's 8.Nh3?? in the diagram position (which according to the Mega Database occurred in the first recorded game that started with the moves 1.e4 Nf6) allowed Napoleon to finish in style - don't hold your horses!
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 Compare 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Napoleon loved his cavalry! d6 3.e4 f5 4.h3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nc6 6.Nfg5 d5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qf3 Nh6?? 9.Nf6+ Ke7 10.Nxd5+ Kd6 11.Ne4+ Kxd5 12.Bc4+ Kxc4 13.Qb3+ Kd4 14.Qd3# Napoleon I-Madame de Remusat, Malmaison Castle 1804. Remarkable parallel, isn't it? :-) 1...Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 e5 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.Nc3 Nfg4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qf6 8.Nh3?? Light cavalry White's 8.Nh3?? in the diagram position (according to Mega Database from the first game ever to start with the moves 1.e4 Nf6) allowed Napoleon to finish in style - don't hold your horses! I stumbled across this curiosity doing some "serious" work, editing Petra Papp's repertoire against the Alekhine Defence based on 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6! for CBM 200 - out soon!
Let's make it a real challenge. Try to foresee the position following 8...Nf3+! 9.Ke2 Nxd4+ 10.Kd3 Ne5+! 11.Kxd4 - and then Black's checkmate in 3! (Please play 8...Nf3+!)
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Madame de Remusat-Napoleon I-0–11802B02

 

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ChessBase Magazine Extra #198

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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