When The Attack Comes To A Dead End Think Of A Sacrifice

May 13, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Argentine chess master Jorge Szmetan makes a Queen sacrifice which allows him to exploit the weaknesses of the long diagonal and the g-file!
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Jorge Szmetan (2450) vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez
Malaga (1976), Malaga ESP
Sicilian Defense: Velimirovic Attack (B89)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5
13.g5 Nd7 14.Rg1 Nc5 15.e5 g6 16.Rh4 Bb7 17.Rg3 Kg7 18.Bd4 d5
19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.e6+ f6 22.Qh5 Nd3+ 23.Kb1 gxh5
24.gxf6+ Kh8 25.fxe7+ Ne5 26.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 27.Rxh5 Rxf2 28.Bxf2
1-0
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