Three major pieces on the back rank

by Oliver Reeh
12/30/2023 – In the diagram position White wins with 51.Qc8! - but please don't make the move until you've seen the forced checkmate after 51...Qd4. Do we have a deal?
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 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.g3 c5 5.c3 e6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Ne2 f5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.c4 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 dxc4 15.Qc3 0-0 16.Bxb7 Rc7 17.Bg2 Be7 18.Qc2 Bf6 19.e4 Bc6 20.Nf4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Rae1 Qd4 23.Nh5 Qxb2 24.Qxe4 Rc5 25.Re2 Qd4 26.Qg4+ Rg5 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Qxc4 Rd8 29.Re4 a5 30.Qc7 Rdd5 31.h4 Rg6 32.Kg2 h5 33.Rb1 Rf5 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Qc2 Kg7 36.Rc4 Qe5 37.Rcc8 Kh7 38.a4 Qd5+ 39.Kg1 Qd4 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Kh2 Qd4 42.f4 Rd5 43.Kh3 Qa1 44.Kg2 Qd4 45.Rf8 Rf5 46.Qe2 Rg4 47.Kh3 Qc3 48.Qf2 Qa1 49.Kh2 Qg7 50.Qc2 Rg6 Three major pieces on the back rank In the diagram position White wins with 51.Qc8! - but please don't make the move until you've seen the forced checkmate after 51...Qd4. Do we have a deal?
So once again the deal: you play 51.Qc8! only after you've seen forced mate after 51...Qd4. Okay? Then you're free to go ahead!
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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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