Uhlmann's Unfinished

by Oliver Reeh
4/3/2021 – 26...Rxh4! in the diagam position was very strong, however, after 27.gxh4 Black failed to crown his combination and take the game home. 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 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6 9.Qd2 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.0-0-0 Qd6 12.c4 Nc6 13.f3 0-0-0 14.Qe1 Na5 15.fxe4 Qf4+ 16.Kb1 Bxe4 17.Nf3 Rdg8 18.Nh4 Rh6 19.g3 Qd6 20.c5 Qc6 21.Ba6+ Nb7 22.Rf1 bxc5 23.Bxb7+ Kxb7 24.dxc5 e5 25.Qd2 Nd5 26.Rfe1 Uhlmann's Unfinished 26...Rxh4! in the diagam position was very strong, however, after 27.gxh4 Black failed to crown his combination and take the game home. Can you do better? Rxh4! 27.gxh4
So far, so good - but what now?
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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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