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!

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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, tactic column, Tactics
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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Frits Fritschy Frits Fritschy 8/4/2024 10:40
Howard,
Could you be a bit more precise? The first moment black might have played better according to the online engine, is 25... Qd5. After 26 Nd4 Rf7 27 Ne6 the initial evaluation is about -1.00. However, after going to the loo (a good strategy if you don't know what to do, even without a smartphone) that had dropped to 0.01. I don't know, you may know better. In the mean time, I'd rather trust the evaluation of the world no. 1.
HowardGutman HowardGutman 8/4/2024 04:11
15. E x F5 seems to be good for black. Its the kind of opening that works well with home prep and in quick games but when one move is good for black that's hard to ignore.
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