Voluntary pin

by Oliver Reeh
6/7/2025 – The diagram position saw 29...Rd8 30.Rd1, after which the two rooks in the d-file are only separated by the black Nd7. Who will benefit from this constellation? Your assessment, please!
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Na4 Ba6 10.0-0 Qa5 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qb5 14.Rfd1 Qxd3 15.Rxd3 0-0-0 16.Rc1 Kb7 17.Rd2 a5 18.Rdc2 Rc8 19.Kf1 Rc7 20.Ke2 Rhc8 21.Nd2 Ka6 22.Nc4 Bf8 23.f3 Nd5 24.e4 N5b6 25.Ncxb6 Nxb6 26.Nc5+ Bxc5 27.dxc5 Nd7 28.Kd3 f6 29.Kc4 Voluntary pin The diagram position saw 29...Rd8 30.Rd1, after which the two rooks in the d-file are only separated by the black Nd7. Who will benefit from this constellation? Your assessment, please!
Is 29...Rd8 a good move for Black in view of the reply 30.Rd1? Please don't play 29...Rd8 until you have answered this question for yourself.
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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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Frits Fritschy Frits Fritschy 6/7/2025 11:51
29.Kc4?? was a case of self-suffocation, turning a slightly worse position into a lost one. Even the better 30.f4 Rb7 is not likely to save white. Under- and overestimation, I guess.
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