More winning 5-second tactics
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Biting off more than you can chew…
gm Uhlmann, Wolfgang
im Raykhman, Alexander (2412)
Bundesliga Dresden 2015.3.15 Position after White’s 16th move (16.Nh4!?) A sharp position! White did not need to sacrifice his d-pawn (16.Nh2! h5 17.Rad1 with a small positional plus.) but preferred to complicate.
Now Uhlmann has two ways to take the pawn (immediately or as in the game). The first is correct: 16…Bxd4 17.Nf5! Bg7! with unclear play. Black’s Kingside is open, but the coming …Ne5 keeps things together. INSTEAD, Ulhmann got lured into thinking that he could prevent the Knight going to f5 by first attacking the Bishop…
16…Nb6?! 17.Ba2 Bxd4?!
