Cramling Destroys Gruenfeld Defense

January 11, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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With an early king-side attack Swedish chess Grandmaster Pia Cramling destroys Black’s defensive shield and very quickly gets a winning position! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Pia Cramling (2528) vs Stefan E S Kindermann (2530)
Hamburg SKA (1991), Hamburg GER, rd 11, Jul-??
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. h5 e6
12. Bb3 Ba6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 Rfd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4
Bc8 17. Qxg6 Nxd4 18. Rh3 Nxb3 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rf3+ Qf7
21. Bh6 Qxf3 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. gxf3 Nxa1 24. Bg5 Nc2+ 25. Kf1
1-0
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