Vachier-Lagrave’s Most Outrageous Checkmate At World Blitz Championship 2017

Boris Savchenko vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
World Blitz Championship (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 20, Dec-30
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nc6 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Qf3 Rxh5 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Kd2 Rxf5 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qe4 Qg5+ 24. Kd3 Re6 25. Qxb7 Re3+ 26. Kc4 Qc5#
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Video Thumbnail Attribution: By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Vachier-Lagrave Maxime) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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