See What Happened When Winter Tried To Surprise Keres With A Less Popular Variation

October 30, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Here is a famous chess miniature played by Estonian chess player Paul Keres where he crushes British champion William Winter in 19 moves with a strong attack! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Paul Keres vs William Winter
Olympiad (1935), Warsaw POL, rd 14, Aug-26
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Advance Variation (B29)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 d6 7.Bg5
Qa5+ 8.c3 cxd4 9.Bd3 dxc3 10.O-O cxb2 11.Rb1 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Bd6
13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Bxg6+ hxg6 16.Qxh8 Bf5 17.Rfe1 Be4
18.Rxe4 dxe4 19.Qf6+
1-0
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