A narrow path to victory

by Oliver Reeh
3/13/2021 – In the diagram position 35.Rxg6+! wins for White - if White finds the right checks after 35...Kh7. Are you up to the challenge?
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 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Rc8 15.Qa4 Bd7 16.exf5 0-0 17.0-0 e4 18.Qxe4 Re8 19.Qf4 Re5 20.Rfd1 Bxf5 21.a4 Ne7 22.Ne3 Be6 23.Qh4 Rcc5 24.Bd3 Rh5 25.Qe4 Ng6 26.g3 Rce5 27.Qb4 Rxe3 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.fxe3 Be5 30.Rd2 Qg5 31.Qe4 Bxg3 32.hxg3 Qxg3+ 33.Rg2 Qh3 34.Rf1 Bd5 Only one check wins! In the diagram position 35.Rxg6+! would have led to victory for White - if followed by the right checks after 35...Kh7. Can you find them all? 35.Rxg6+! The game saw 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Rxg6+ Kxg6?? 36...fxg6 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qe7+ Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh7= 37.Qg8+ and 1-0 due to Kh6 38.Rf6# 35...Kh7 Alternatives: 35...fxg6 36.Qxg6+ Kh8 37.Rf8+ Bg8 38.Rxg8# 35...Kf8 36.Qf4!+- 35...Kh8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qg8#
Time to give the right discovered check ... or isn't it? Your suggestion, please!
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Polivanov,A2452Buksa,N24101–02020B33UKR-ch Open 20206.9

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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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