You Are Making A Queen Sacrifice Against Alekhine? Then Get It!

March 12, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Alexander Alekhine vs Boris Verlinsky
Match Alekhine-Verlinsky +6-0=0, Odessa (1918)
Danish Gambit: General (C21)
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 cxb5 11. fxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. O-O Qe7 16. Nxd6 Nxd6
17. Qa3 Rd8 18. Nxf7 Bg4 19. Rxd6 Re8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Qb3 Be2
22. Nxe5+ Kh8 23. Rc1 Rf8 24. Qd1 Qa5 25. Qxe2 Qxe5 26. Rd5
1-0
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