Larsen’s Opening Went Terribly Wrong Against Wei Yi

February 25, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Mikhail Antipov (2589) vs Wei Yi (2733)
17th Aeroflot Open (Group A) (2019), Moscow RUS, rd 6, Feb-24
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01)
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Qe7 6. Nf3 e4
7. Ng5 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h5 d5 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qa6 Nh5 14. Nh3 Qe6 15. Rf1 Be5 16. Na4 Bxb2
17. Nxb2 Qe5 18. c3 Qh2 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. f3 exf3
22. gxf3 Bc8
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