In a completely lost position Austro-Hungarian chess master Carl Schlechter uses his only lucky chance and by sacrificing his Queen forces a draw! A brilliant swindle which definitely shocked Russian master Mikhail Chigorin!
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Mikhail Chigorin vs Carl Schlechter
Ostend (1905), Ostend BEL, rd 22, Jul-13
King’s Gambit: Declined. Classical Variation (C30)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nc3 a6 7.f5 Na5
8.Bg5 Nxc4 9.dxc4 b5 10.Qe2 c6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Nb3
Bb6 14.h4 O-O-O 15.Rh3 bxc4 16.Qxc4 d5 17.Qe2 d4 18.Na4 c5
19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re1 Kb8 21.Qc4 Rc8 22.Rg3 Rhg8 23.Rxg8 Rxg8
24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Nxc5 Qa5 26.Rd1 Rxg2 27.a4 Ka7 28.c3 Qb6 29.b4
Qc7 30.cxd4 Bxe4 31.Qxa6+ Kb8 32.Qb5+ Ka7 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Kxd2
exd4 35.Nxe4 Qf4+ 36.Kd3 Qe3+ 37.Kc4 Qxe4 38.Qd7+ Kb8 39.Kc5
d3 40.b5 Qb7 41.Qxd3 Qc7+ 42.Kb4 h5 43.Qd4 Qe7+ 44.Ka5 Qc7+
45.Qb6+ Ka8
1/2-1/2
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