This Game Is A Crime Against Chess

March 30, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenSat, March 30, 2019 3:00amURL:
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In this video I am covering a dramatic game which was played between Serbian chess Grandmaster Aleksandar Matanovic and Dutch chess Grandmaster Jan Hein Donner. As both players made terrible blunders in this game Jan Donner called it “A Crime Against Chess”. After missing a bishop sacrifice on move 8 Donner already wanted to resign but then decided to make a few more moves and finally it was Matanovic who blundered terribly and in view of imminent checkmate he resigned!
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Aleksandar Matanovic vs Jan Hein Donner
Hoogovens (1965), Beverwijk NED, rd 3, Jan-08
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Norwegian Variation (C70)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Qd5+ Be6 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 c6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 Qe7 14.Nxf8 Nc4 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Qc3 Nfg4 18. f4 b4 19. Qh3 Nxh6 20. fxe5 Rxf8 21. Qxh6 Qa7+
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