Must See! Alekhine Is “Horsing Around”

April 22, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenSun, April 22, 2018 3:00amURL:
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Peter Petrovich Potemkin vs Alexander Alekhine
St Petersburg (1912), St. Petersburg RUE, Sep-26
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20)
1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Na3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Ne3 Qa5+ 13. Kf2 Ndb4 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. g4 Nd3+ 16. Kg3 Nxd4 17. gxf5 Nxf5+ 18. Kg4 h5+ 19. Kh3 Nf2#
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