The Weakness Of The Long Diagonal

August 17, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenSat, August 17, 2019 3:30amURL:
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In this video I am analyzing a brilliant attacking game played by Branko Lovric vs Muhamad Sinanaovic! By going for Larsen’s opening White puts his bishop on b2-square which later becomes White’s tramp card in the game! Once White gets a chance, opens up the long diagonal by capturing Black pawn, and then by sacrificing his knight! In the end White forces a resignation with a brilliant rook sacrifice! This game is a brilliant example of how one can make use of the weakness of the long diagonal!
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Branko Lovric (2360) vs Muhamed Sinanovic (2400)
CRO-Cup (1998), Pula CRO, rd 4
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A01)
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.cxd3
O-O 8.d4 a5 9.a3 b6 10.O-O c5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nb5 Nc7
14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Rf3 a4 16.Rg3 axb3 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Nd7 Qxd7
19.Rxg7+ Kh8 20.Bxf6 Ne8 21.Rg8+
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