Two coffin nails

by Oliver Reeh
3/22/2025 – The black king is boxed in, and after 28.Qxe6+ Rf7 White delivered the coup de grâce. This was a rapid game - let's hope you'll the solution quickly!
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1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 e6 5.0-0 Ne7 6.c3 0-0 7.Bb3 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nf1 c5 11.Ng3 b5 12.h4 Nf6 13.h5 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.h6 Bh8 16.Bc2 Nf5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Qe2 cxd4 21.cxd4 f6 22.Bf4 Rac8 23.Re1 Rc4 24.b3 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 27.exf6 Qxf4 Two coffin nails The black king is boxed in, and after 28.Qxe6+ Rf7 White delivered the coup de grâce. This was a rapid game - let's hope you'll the solution quickly!
You play 28.Qxe6+ and prepare something for 28...Rf7 - deal?
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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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