In this game American GM Alexander Shabalov manages to repel opponent’s disorganized attack in Sicilian defense and in return delivers a powerful rook sacrifice exploiting the weakness of the long diagonal! Once he forces his opponent to accept the rook sacrifice, Black’s position goes down very quickly!
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Alexander Shabalov (2645) vs Emory Tate (2390)
29th National Chess Congress (1998), Philadelphia USA, rd 2, Nov-27
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B56)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be3
e6 7. f4 Nc5 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nfxe4
12. Nxe4 Qxa2 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Bd3 b6 16. Rhe1
Bb7 17. Qh3 g6 18. Bd2 c4 19. Bxc4 Rbc8 20. Rxe6 Ba3 21. Bc3
Rxc4 22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Qxc4
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