Watch How Zimmermann Demolished “Najdorf” In The Most Brutal Style

July 20, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Frank Zimmermann vs Wolfgang Huebner
Germany (1977)
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Polugayevsky Variation (B96)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Qd3 Qxf6 13. O-O-O Ra7 14. Qg3
Nd7 15. Nc6 Rb7 16. Ne4 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 e5 18. Qxe5+ Qe6 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qxe6+
fxe6 21. Bh5#
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