Like A Boss! Spassky Goes For King’s Gambit And Gets A Brilliancy Prize

February 1, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenFri, February 1, 2019 3:30amURL:
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Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 16, Feb-20
King’s Gambit: Accepted. Modern Defense (C36)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O
7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3
12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 Nf8
16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6
20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+
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