When I First Saw This Game I Was Like “What?”

June 25, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenTue, June 25, 2019 4:00amURL:
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In this video I am analyzing a famous chess game where Latvian chess master Woflgang Hasenfuss sacrifices his queen in Sicilian Dragon which allows him to break into pieces opponent’s king-side! The game was treasured in Alexander Alekhine’s book “107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945”. In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Wolfgang R Hasenfuss vs Arthur Teters
Lithuania Championship (1942), LIT
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation (B72)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.g4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.f4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 a6 12.h4 Qc7 13.Qd3
Nd7 14.Nb3 Rd8 15.Bd4 Nf8 16.Qe3 Qc6 17.h5 Be6 18.O-O-O f5
19.exf6 exf6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.f5 Bf7 22.Rh3 Re8 23.Qd2 g5
24.Rdh1 Qc7 25.Qxg5 Bg6 26.fxg6 Rxe2 27.Bxf6 Nxg6 28.Qxg6
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