A Fantastic Move In Velimirovic Attack

November 29, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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With a Queen sacrifice American GM Andrew Soltis puts an end to Velimirovic Attack! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Andrew Soltis vs Dmitry Gurevich
Lone Pine Open (1981), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 3, Mar-31
Sicilian Defense: Velimirovic Attack (B89)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6
7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.g4
Nc5 13.g5 b5 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd4 Nxb3+ 16.cxb3 b4 17.Qh5 bxc3
18.Qh6 e5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Qxc6 cxb2+ 21.Kxb2 Be6 22.Qc7
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Video Thumbnail Credits:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Soltis#/media/File:Andy_Soltis_1981.JPG
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Gurevich#/media/File:Dmitry_Gurevich.jpg
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