Rosenthal Crushes His Opponents Blindfolded By Sacrificing His Queen

October 21, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this famous chess miniature Polish-French chess master crushes his opponents blindfolded by going for Evans gambit and then unleashing a powerful attack! Queen sacrifice followed by a knight sacrifice allows Rosenthal to announce a checkmate with two bishops! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Samuel Rosenthal vs Allies
Blindfold (1887) (blindfold), Paris, France, Mar-10
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Mieses Defense (C52)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O
Nge7 8.Ng5 Ne5 9.Bb3 dxc3 10.f4 Bb6+ 11.Kh1 c2 12.Qh5 g6
13.fxe5 gxh5 14.Bxf7+ Kf8 15.Ne6+ dxe6 16.Bh6#
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