A Chess Game Played By A Russian Poet Boris Pasternak

May 4, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Alexander Bek vs Boris Pasternak
Moscow (1947), Oct-27
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation (B02)
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Bb4 8.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 Bf5 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14.Nf3 Rxd3+ 15. Ke2 Rb3 16. Rhd1 Rxb2+ 17. Kf1 f6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rc3 Rc2 21. Rb3 b6 22. Rb4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd3+
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