Boris Gelfand’s Shocking Positional Sacrifice

Boris Gelfand vs Baadur Jobava
European Club Cup (2011), Rogaska Slatina SLO, rd 3, Sep-27
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. General (A70)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 Na6 14. a4 Nb4 15.axb5 Bf5 16. Bxc4 Rfc8 17. b3 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Nc2+ 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20. Bd4 Qd8 21.O-O Qe7 22. Rfc1 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. h3 Nf6 25. d6 Qd8 26. e5 Nh5 27. Nd5 Kf8 28. Be3 Ng7 29. Bg5
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