Checkmate Challenge
Powerplay 26: Checkmate Challenge — essential knowledge
Checkmate. That's the aim of the game. There are numerous ways to checkmate the enemy king, but there are common patterns that recur over and over again, and having these at our mental fingertips is essential for when we want to finish the game.
Mate is great — maybe GM Daniel King's new DVD Powerplay 26 "Checkmate Challenge" would be something for you!?
Before reviewing the solution to this week's tactical challenge, try really challenging yourself, by playing out the position against our live diagram!
Reinderman vs Beukema, 2017
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1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.e4 Be7 8.exf5 0-0 9.f4 Nfg4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.fxe5 Bxf5 12.Qe2 Nxe5 13.Nd5 Qh4+ 14.Qf2 Qd8 15.Qg3 c6 16.Nc3 Bc2 17.Kd2 Bg6 18.Rd1 Qb6 19.Kc1 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Nd3+ 21.Kd1 Nxb2+ 22.Ke1 Nd3+ 23.Kd1 Nb2+ 24.Ke1 Re8+ 25.Nge2 Nd3+ 26.Kd1 Nb2+ 27.Ke1 Nd3+ 28.Kd1 Qb2 29.Qxd6 Qa1+ 30.Kd2 Qb2+ 31.Kd1 Nb4 32.Rf3 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Reinderman,D | 2573 | Beukema,S | 2439 | 0–1 | 2017 | A85 | CRELEL - Brasschaat | 3.1 |
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Strike like the world champions
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.
Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by tactic expert Oliver Reeh in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, endgames, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.
The editor’s top ten:
The deciding moment in the candidates tournament: Fabiano Caruana annotates his final round victory over Grischuk.
- “Fresh and unexpected”: Vladimir Kramnik explains how he crushed Aronian with Black after innovating with 7…Rg8.
- A new plan against the Najdorf? Peter Heine Nielsen annotates Carlsen's successful experiment with 5.Qd2!? in Shamkir.
- “Fantastic fighting game”: Karsten Mueller analyses the endgame in the trail-blazing duel between Kramnik and Caruana (video)
- Salvation after a series of draws: Ding Liren comments on his win over Mamedyarov in the candidates tournament.
- Attack like a WCh challenger: Find the best continuation – “Move by Move“ with Simon Williams in the game Meier-Caruana!
- “Domination on both flanks”: enjoy Daniel King’s video analysis of the game Caruana-Aronian and let him whip up some enthusiasm for the Ruy Lopez!
- A popular weapon against the Najdorf: let Robert Ris introduce you to the secrets of the variation with 7.Nf3.
- “Like Karpov in his prime”: Rustam Kasimdzhanov annotates Caruana's win over MVL at the Grenke Chess Classic.
- Promising in the long term: Yannick Pelletier recommends 6…h6 in the Vienna Variation of the Queen's Gambit (video)
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