Another Great Queen Sacrifice By Alexander Alekhine

July 1, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am analyzing another game played by the fourth World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine where the latter goes for a queen sacrifice during a chess simul! A brilliant game where Alekhine exploits the fact that Black king failed to castle! Another daily puzzle will wait for you this time in the beginning!
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Alexander Alekhine vs Jaromir Novak
Alekhine sim tour 1925
B27 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Bd6 b5 13. e5 Ra7 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qg3 Ne7 16. h4 Rf8 17. h5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nf5 19. hxg6 Nxg3 20. gxh7 Kf7 21.fxg3 Kg7 22. Bxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rdf1 Qh8 24. Rf6 b4 25. Rhxh6 bxc3
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Video Thumbnail Credits: Alexandre_Alekhine_01.jpg: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)derivative work: JesusAngelRey [Public domain]

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