Watch your king!

by Oliver Reeh
1/15/2022 – In the diagram position Black has just played 32...Qf5, threatening to harass the white king with ...Qb1+. But White has a way to combine attack and defence which leads to victory. Your call!
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.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 a5 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 d6 10.h3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Be2 e4 13.Nh2 f5 14.0-0 Be6 15.Bc3 b6 16.f3 Qh4 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Nd3 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Ng4 h5 22.Bxd3 exd3 23.Qxd3 hxg4 24.Qe4 Bd7 25.b5 Qe7 26.Qd5+ Be6 27.Qxc6 Ra4 28.h4 Rxc4 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Rf8 Kg6 31.Re8 Qf7 32.Qd8 Qf5 Watch your king! In the diagram position Black has just played 32... Qf5, threatening to harass the white king with ...Qb1+. But White has a way to combine attack and defence which leads to victory. Your call!
White threatens ...Qb1+. How should White continue?
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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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