The power of the g-file

by Oliver Reeh
8/3/2024 – White just played 15.Rf3!?, an exchange sacrifice that Magnus Carlsen and other other have tried with success. After 15...Nxf3 16.gxf3 you can really let off steam with White - have fun!
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 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qe1 0-0 13.f5 Ne5 14.Qh4 b5 15.Rf3!? The power of the g-file White just played 15.Rf3!?, an exchange sacrifice that Magnus Carlsen and other other have tried with success. After 15...Nxf3 16.gxf3 you can really let off steam with White - have fun! Nxf3 In practice, this is definitely a very risky decision. The game of the current world number one: 15...exf5 16.exf5 Nxf3 17.gxf3 Bb7 18.Rg1 Bxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Bxe3 20.Qxf6 Bxg1 21.Qg5 Qc6 22.Ne4 f6 23.Qxg1 Rae8 24.Qd4 d5 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Kg2 g6 27.Ne6 Rxe6 28.fxe6 Qxe6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Qxa4 Rb8 31.b3 Rb6 32.Qa5 Kg7 33.Nd4 Qd6 34.c3 h5 35.h4 Kh6 36.b4 Rb8 37.Qxa6 Qf4 38.Nf5+ 1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2698)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2579) Cap d'Agde 2006 16.gxf3 Qb6 The stem game: 16...Ne8 17.Rg1 g6 18.Rg4 b4 19.Nce2 e5 20.Qh6 d5 21.Rh4 f6 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.Bxc5 Rf7 24.fxe6 Rg7 25.Bxb4 1-0 (25) Nedev,T (2460)-Comas Fabrego,L (2510) Batumi 1999
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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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