A Move That Is Easy To Miss, An Honour To Find

May 30, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Soviet-Ukrainian chess GM Efim Geller finds a brilliant Bishop sacrifice which his opponent missed! After that move victory becomes a matter of technique! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Efim Geller vs Lajos Portisch
Moscow (1967), Moscow URS, rd 4, May-25
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense (C93)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3
Qd7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nh5 Qe7 16.Nh4 Nxh5 17.Qxh5 Na5 18.Bg5 Qd7
19.Rad1 Bd6 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.Qf6 Kg8 23.Re3
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