Armenian Chess Grandmaster Plays A Game Of Unearthly Beauty

July 22, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Aram Hakobyan vs Grigoriy Oparin
European Individual Chess Championship (2018), Batumi GEO, rd 6, Mar-22
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queens Indian Formation (A17)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Qe2 c5 6. e5 Ng8 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. h4 f6 11. Rh3 fxe5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxe5 Qf6 14. Qe2 Qf5 15. g4 Qf7 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. Rf3 Qe8 19. c5 exd5 20. Re3 d6 21. Qa6+ Bb7 22. Qxa7 Qc6 23. cxb6 Bxb2 24. Rc1 Bxc1 25. Rc3 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Ne7 27. Ba6 Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 Kd7 29. Qxb7+ Ke6 30. Bb5 Kf7 31. Bd7 Ra8 32. a4 Rhb8 33. Qc7 Rc8 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Nxc8 36. b7 d4+ 37. Kd2
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