Rafael Vaganian’s Most Outrageous Attack Ever

Rafael Vaganian (2540) vs Viktor Kupreichik (2460)
USSR Championship (1974), Leningrad URS, rd 3, Dec-02
Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Variation (A45)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 g6 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Rb1 Qd8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. dxe6 a6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. O-O h6 18. Qd3 Kg8 19. Qxg6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Rh7 21.
Rxf6 Nd7 22. Bxd7
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Video Thumbnail Credits: By Rob Bogaerts / Anefo [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

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