Rafael Vaganian’s Immortal

February 18, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenThu, February 18, 2021 1:15pmURL:
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This is a brilliant attacking game played by Soviet-Armenian chess GM Rafael Vaganian where he makes several piece sacrifices in order to open up the position and target the exposed White King!
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Samuel Reshevsky vs Rafael Vaganian
Skopje (1976), Skopje YUG, rd 5
French Defense: Tarrasch. Pawn Center Variation (C05)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3
Qa5 8.Kf2 Be7 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Ne2 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Kg3 cxd4
13.cxd4 O-O 14.Re1 e5 15.fxe5 Ndxe5 16.dxe5 Bh4+ 17.Kxh4 Rxf3
18.Rf1 Qb4+ 19.Bf4 Qe7+ 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Bf5 Rxf5 22.Nf4 Qxe5
23.Qg4 Rf7 24.Qh5 Ne7 25.g4 Ng6+ 26.Kg3 Bd7 27.Rae1 Qd6 28.Bh6
Raf8
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Reshevsky_1968.jpg
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