KO or OK?

by Oliver Reeh
7/26/2025 – From the diagram followed 28...Bg5 29.Qf7+ Kh8, and on this position I'd like your opinion - let's see if you're right!
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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 7/26/2025 03:07
The online engine even claims a small advantage for black after 22... Bh8 23.Bg5 Qe8. But black defended well until the logical-looking 27... Bd7? instead of 27... Kh8. A nice variation would be 27... Kh8 28.Qg5 Ng6 29.Ne6 Qd7 30.Ng5 Bxg5 31.Qxg5 Re8 32.h4 Qe7 33.Rf6 Bd7 34.h5 Nf4! 35.gxf4 Rg8 36.Rf8! and a ending with bishops of different colors ensues where black has good drawing chances.
tip4success tip4success 7/26/2025 12:05
Cute mate pattern; White could have won quicker with 21.Rxf6 followed by Qg5 and Bg7.
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