No One Had Crushed Anand Like This… Before Or After…

August 18, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Soviet chess master beats Viswanathan Anand by sacrificing his Queen!
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Gregory Kaidanov vs Viswanathan Anand
Moscow-B (1987), Moscow URS
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (D41)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6
7.Nc3 Qd8 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.Bc2 Ba6
13.b4 Bc4 14.b5 Na5 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Re3 Rc7 17.Rg3 Re8 18.Bh6
Bf8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Ne4
Bd5 24.Rh3 Kf8 25.Qxf7+
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