Alexey Suetin’s Wife Kira Zvorykina Goes For A Queen Sacrifice

October 28, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Soviet chess player Kira Zvorykina plays a brilliant attacking game with a final queen sacrifice! In this video I am covering that game! Zvorykina was a three-time winner of the Women’s Soviet Championship and was married to renowned Soviet GM Alexey Suetin!
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Kira Zvorykina vs Gladkov
BLR-ch (1958)
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Delayed Exchange (C85)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Be3 Nc4
12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Ng3 Nb6
17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Kh1 g6 19. f4 Bh4 20. f5 Bb7 21. Ng4 h5
22. Nxh5 Bxe1 23. Nhf6+ Kh8 24. Rd3 Qxe4 25. Rh3+
1-0
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