The straying queen

by Oliver Reeh
7/24/2021 – In the diagram position, decentralizing White's queen with 20.Qa5? Rxd4 21.Qxa7 looks unhealthy - and runs into a direct refutation. Full score only if you can see it already in this position!
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.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bxc4 0-0 8.0-0 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nc3 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe7 13.Rac1 Nb6 14.Qb3 Rd8 15.Ne4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Rxd4 17.exd4 Bd7 18.Bb5 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Rd8 The straying queen In the diagram position, decentralizing White's queen with 20.Qa5? Rxd4 21.Qxa7 looks unhealthy - and runs into a direct refutation. Full score only if you can see it already in this position! 20.Qa5? Black is fine, but this "active" attempt to simplify the position backfires completely.
Please play 20...Rxd4 only after you have seen how to punish 21.Qxa7.
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Webersberger,J2318Saric,A25470–12021D30AUT Bundesliga 2020-215.17

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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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