5/26/2017 – Sometimes a single well-placed piece can suffice to hold a game - like for example Black's magnificent knight in the diagram position. Yet here the case is different. White wins thanks to his space advantage on the kingside, marked by pawns on the 5th rank ...
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nf3Nf64.g3Bb4+5.Bd2Bxd2+6.Qxd20-07.Bg2c68.0-0Nbd79.Rc1b610.a4Ba611.Na3Rc812.b4Ne413.Qb2Qf614.b5Bb715.bxc6Bxc616.Nb5Bxb517.Qxb5Qe718.cxd5Nc319.Qd3Nxd520.Rc4Nb421.Qc3Nd522.Qb3Qd623.Rac1Ne724.Ng5Nf625.e4Qd726.e5Rxc427.Rxc4Nfd528.Qc2g629.Bxd5Nxd530.Ne4Kg731.Nd6a632.h4h633.h5g534.Ne4Rb8Sometimes a single well-placed piece can suffice to hold a game -
like for example Black's magnificent knight in the diagram position. Yet here
the case is different. White wins thanks to his space advantage on the
kingside, marked by pawns on the 5th rank...
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.
1. Finally winning Wijk! Wesley So presents his game against Wojtaszek and explains why victory in the classic tournament in the Netherlands was so important to him. 2. An “oddball” idea: Levon Aronian explains how with 8.Na3 in the Catalan he achieved a brilliant win against Giri. 3. French aggression: attack together with Simon Williams "Move by Move“ – just like Ju Wenjun did in her victory over Hou Yifan! 4. Spanish temptation: let Rainer Knaak show you how to entice your opponent into the 7.Ng5 trap with 6...d7-d6. 5. “Raving Rooks”: along with Oliver Reeh light some tactical fireworks with double threats and multi-purpose moves (interactive video). 6. For and against the Bogo-Indian:GM Postny sums up the trends of recent years and shows you what is at present recommended. 7. „Portuguese Scandinavian“: let Petra Papp show you how best to meet the gambit 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4. 8. A "mad way to win“: Anish Giri explains how he got Andreikin into trouble with the Scotch and what brilliant engine move he missed at the end. 9. Fantastically shattered: enjoy Rapport's brilliancy against So in Daniel King’s video analysis. 10. Surprise in the Queen’s Indian: let top Swiss player Yannick Pelletier unravel Aronian's 9.Be1 (video).
Oliver ReehOliver 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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