Spassky Makes One Of The Most Brutal Moves Of His Career

April 25, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Boris Spassky vs Viktor Korchnoi
USSR Championship (1955), Moscow URS, rd 18, Mar-12
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Seville Variation (D87)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7
16. h3 Qe6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Qb3 Kh8
21. Kg1 Nd2 22. Bxd2 Qxe2 23. Be3 Rf8 24. e5 b5 25. Rc1 a5
26. Bg5 h6 27. Bxe7 a4 28. Qd1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 30. Qg1 Qf4
31. a3 Kh7 32. Bc5 h5 33. gxh5 Bh6 34. hxg6+ Kg7 35. Re1 Qg3
36. Bb4 Be3 37. Qh2 Qg5 38. e6 Bf4 39. Qg1 Qh4 40. e7 Rf3
41. Qh2
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