Picturesque Final Position With Tripled Pawns Near Black King

December 17, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Soviet chess player Georgy Bastrikov plays a beautiful attacking game and beats Anatoly Lutikov without giving no chance! On move 30 Bastrikov forces a resignation when 3 tripled pawns are standing near Black king! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Georgy Bastrikov vs Anatoly Lutikov
B08 RSFSR-ch18 Sochi (Russia) 1958
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qg2 Rad8 15.Bd2 Qf7 16. h4 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Nb1 e5 19. hxg6 Qxa2 20. f5 d5 21. g5 Nxe4 22.Rxh7 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qa1+ 25. Nb1 e4 26. f6 Re7 27. Qh3 Rb8 28.Rxg7+ Rxg7 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. fxg7+
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Video Thumbnail Credits: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Georgy_Bastrikov.jpg

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