McShane's second wave

by Oliver Reeh
8/31/2018 – Black's attackers are working perfectly together. Four precise moves from the diagram position and White can resign. Can you find them all?
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Moving in for the kill

Combining profession with high-class chess activity, GM Luke McShane is sometimes referred to as "the world's strongest amateur" — an unofficial title held also by for example Norway's Simen Agdestein in the 80s.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qa5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bf1 Qb6 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rae8 17.Be2 Ne4 18.Qc2 f5 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Rab1 Nf7 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Bf3 Re7 23.Bd2 Bd4 24.Re6 Ne5 25.Bg2 Ref7 26.Bh6 f4 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.gxf4 Rxf4 29.Rf1 Qh4 30.Rxd6 Black's attackers are working perfectly together. Four precise moves from the diagram position and White can resign. Can you find them all?
How can Black tighten the net around White's king?
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Arkell,K2406McShane,L26690–12018E69105th British-ch 20184

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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.

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The editor’s top ten:

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  2. The problem: Erwin l'Ami shows in his video how you should meet the French Winawer Variation with 6...b6.
  3. Erosion of the Berlin Wall: Peter Heine Nielsen explains the brilliant strategic performance of his protégé in Carlsen-Aronian.
  4. Theoretical duel in the Grünfeld Defence: Yannick Pelletier analyses Karjakin's innovation 16.Na3 against Vachier-Lagrave (Video)
  5. “Short and sweet”: together with Simon Williams and the 11-year old Praggnanandhaa defeat a seasoned GM!
  6. “With minimal means”: with Oliver Reeh’s help get the pawns in front of your castled king into play and win! (interactive video)
  7. New Trend in the Caro-Kann: let Igor Stohl show you how Black should set about things in the Exchange Variation!
  8. This is how to convert an advantage: Dimitrij Jakovenko annotates his opening victory in the “Karpov tournament”: Jakovenko-Artemiev
  9. A problem knight on a5? Mihail Marin examines typical examples in the King’s Indian and in the Ruy Lopez Chigorin Variation.
  10. “Unbelievably exciting”: Daniel King presents Caruana's thrilling finish against So in Norway Chess (Video)

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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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