Bronstein Destroys French Defense

March 20, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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David Bronstein vs Isaac Lipnitsky
Kiev-ch (1939), Kiev URS
French Defense: Winawer. Positional Variation (C19)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.O-O Bd7 10.a4 c4 11.Ba3 b6 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.a5
Rde8 14.axb6 axb6 15.Bd6 Qb7 16.Qb1 Na7 17.Qb2 Nf5 18.Rfb1 Nb5
19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nh4 21.d5 exd5 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 d4
24.Qc4+ Kd7 25.Ra7 Qxa7 26.Qxf7+
1-0
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