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by Oliver Reeh
10/19/2018 – Which side would you favour after 57.R1b7 in the diagram position? Three moves to find for Black and White, then we'll take stock together. Have fun!
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Counterattack

Rooks love open files, but as the old chess/math wisdom goes: the opposite of doubling is halving.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Ba6 8.cxd5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 exd5 10.Bd2 c6 11.Rac1 Nbd7 12.Qa6 Bd6 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Qa4 Rac8 15.Bb4 Bxb4 16.Qxb4 c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Qa3 Nb6 19.b3 Ne4 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Qa5 Qe7 22.Ng3 Nxg3 23.hxg3 h6 24.Qb5 Rc7 25.Rc2 Nc8 26.Qa5 Nb6 27.Qc3 Qe6 28.Rdc1 Rdc8 29.Qa5 Qe7 30.Qa3 Kf8 31.Nh4 Nd7 32.Nf5 Qf6 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Ne2 Kg8 35.Nc3 Qb7 36.Qa4 a6 37.Qf4 Nf6 38.Ne2 Rc6 39.Qe5 Re6 40.Qf5 Rec6 41.Nf4 R6c7 42.Rd1 Rd7 43.Nd3 Rdc7 44.Nf4 Rd7 45.g4 a5 46.g5 hxg5 47.Qxg5 a4 48.bxa4 c4 49.Ne2 Ne4 50.Qg4 Rc6 51.Nd4 Rg6 52.Qe2 Qc7 53.Nf3 Rh6 54.Rb1 Rdd6 55.Rcb2 Rh5 56.Rb8+ Kh7 Who would be your favourite following 57.R1b7 in the diagram position? Three moves to find for Black and White, then we'll take stock together. Have fun! 57.R1b7
The queen c7 is hanging. How should Black continue?
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Del Rio de Angelis,S2525Cornette,D2463½–½2018E50ESP-chT Div Honor 20183

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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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