Short CRUSHES Yasser — Chess Birthdays

June 1, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Welcome to Chess Birthdays, where I’ll be celebrating famous players and the best games they’ve played, including ones you may not have ever seen before. Today we see a beautiful attack by Nigel Short with the Black pieces over Yasser Seirawan.

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[Event “6th Euwe Memorial”]
[Site “Amsterdam NED”]
[Date “1992.05.21”]
[EventDate “1992.05.14”]
[Round “6”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Yasser Seirawan”]
[Black “Nigel Short”]
[ECO “D37”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “44”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Bg5
Be6 14.Na4 Qa6 15.cxd5 Qxa4 16.Bxf6 Nb4 17.Qe4 Rac8 18.axb4
Bxb4+ 19.Ke2 Qxb3 20.Bxe5 Rc4 21.Rd4 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Bxd5 0-1

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