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Queen Sacrifice And More… Spassky Shows That Perfect Attack Exists

May 28, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am analyzing a brilliant attacking game played by the 10th World Chess Champion Boris Spassky vs Dutch GM Jan Timman. In Gruenfeld Defense Timman is choosing a passive line, is not challenging White’s center immediately which allows Spassky to keep his center alive and launch a quick king-side attack! Soon Spassky sacrifices his bishop which leaves Black with a destroyed king-side! In the end Spassky also sacrifices his queen and wins the game in style! A brilliant attack in the style of games played in the 19th century! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Boris Spassky (2610) vs Jan Timman (2590)
Match (1977), Amsterdam NED, rd 3, Oct-13
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. h5 Ba6
12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf4 e6 14. Qg4 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg6
Bc4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rh3 Raf8 20. Nxg7 Rh8
21. Rf3+ Ke7 22. Ba3+ Nb4 23. Bxb4+ c5 24. dxc5 Rxh7 25. cxb6+
1-0
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