The Bombastic Boden’s Mate Of Paul Keres

November 24, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Estonian chess player Paul Keres finds a brilliant combination which allows him announce Boden’s mate with the help of a Queen sacrifice! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle which is taken from the “Peruvian Immortal” chess game!
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Paul Keres vs Verbac
corr (1933) (correspondence)
French Defense: Alapin Gambit (C00)
1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 f5 5.f3 exf3 6.Ngxf3 Nf6
7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 f4 10.Rxf4 e5 11.Bb5+ Kf7 12.Qh5+
g6 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Qh6+ Kxh6 15.Rh4+ Kg7 16.Bh6#
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Video Thumbnail Credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Keres_in_1954.jpg
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