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Paul Keres’s Spectacular Correspondence Game – ChessTerra.com

Paul Keres’s Spectacular Correspondence Game

November 15, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenMon, November 15, 2021 2:47pmURL:
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Estonian GM Paul Keres plays a highly aggressive attacking game where sacrifices are landing from all possible sides!
In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Paul Keres vs Werner-Eberhard Kunerth
corr (1935) (correspondence)
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attack (C54)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5
Bxg5 13.Nxg5 O-O 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Rh3 Bd7
18.Re1 Rf6 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Rg3 Ng6 21.Re6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Kf8
23.e7 Kxe7 24.Qxg7+ Ke8 25.Rxg6
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