Chess Grandmaster Alexander Goldin vs GM Igor Efimov – Queen’s Indian (Interview)

August 24, 2011 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This game is a brilliant classic from way back in 1982 when Goldin was one of the most successful chess players of the Soviet chess machine. The game opens with a standard Queen’s Indian and then transforms itself into a really interesting game. Watch how 27. h6 turns the game in Goldin’s favor.

We caught up with GM Alexander Goldin and he was kind enough to give us an interview telling us how he became a GM, his favorite books and more.

INTERVIEW WITH INTERACTIVE CHESS BOARD AVAILABLE HERE: http://www.iChess.net/2011/08/24/chess-grandmaster-alexander-goldin/

PGN:

[Event “?”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “1982.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “?”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Alexander Goldin”]
[Black “Igor Efimov”]
[ECO “E12”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “63”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. e4 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. c4 b5 16. Qc2 Nxc4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qh5 Bg4 20. Qxg4 Kxh7 21. Re1
Bf6 22. Bg5 Kg8 23. a4 Nd6 24. axb5 Nxb5 25. Ra6 Bxg5 26. Nxg5
Qxd5 27. Rh6 Qd3 28. Nh7 f5 29. Qg6 Qd2 30. Qe6+ Rf7 31. Qe8+
Rf8 32. Nf6+ 1-0

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