Welcome to 2025!

by Oliver Reeh
1/4/2025 – To make 24.Bxh6! work in the diagram position requires all of White's pieces - and of course a shrewd tactician like you!

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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,164,14354%2421---
1.d4945,55855%2434---
1.Nf3280,97656%2441---
1.c4181,75256%2442---
1.g319,67356%2427---
1.b314,21954%2427---
1.f45,88248%2377---
1.Nc33,79051%2384---
1.b41,75048%2380---
1.a31,19654%2403---
1.e31,06648%2408---
1.d394550%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342551%2424---
1.h327856%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39046%2432---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34163%2485---
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Qe7 11.Bb3 h6 12.Nh4 Qd8 13.Nf5 Bc7 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.d5 Nb6 18.dxc6 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 bxc6 20.e4 Qe7 21.Be3 c5 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Rc3 Rc7 Welcome to 2025! To make 24. Bxh6! work in the diagram position requires all of White's pieces - and of course a shrewd tactician like you!
Yes, 24.Bxh6! works for White! But you don't play the move until your continuation after 24...gxh6 is certain, okay?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Bykhovsky,A2495Oltean,D23901–01990D46Berliner Sommer 08th2

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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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