Beating 2500+ GM In Just 15 Moves With A Queen Sacrifice Is Awesome

May 30, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am covering a game played between Russian chess Grandmaster Igor Kurnosov and Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev. In the opening (Pirc defense) Uzbekistani player is making a mistake and Kurnosov is managing to exploit that mistake successfully by going for several sacrifices! First he is sacrificing his rook on e6 square and then is offering is queen thus quickly forcing his opponent to resign on move 15! Pirc defense goes down very quickly! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Igor Kurnosov (2577) vs Marat Dzhumaev (2527)
2nd Agzamov Memorial (2008), Tashkent UZB, rd 8, Mar-27
Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07)
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5
7. e5 b4 8. exf6 bxc3 9. Qxc3 e6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. d5 Na4
12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14. dxe6 Bg7 15. exd7+
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