Attack Against Ruy Lopez! Poisoned Pawn And Torpedo White Rook

April 11, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this chess game we see how Indian GM Chatterjee deviates from Caruana vs Ding Liren chess game and that deviation costs a whole game! The Pawn was poisoned!
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Samvel Ter-Sahakyan vs Koustav Chatterjee
Fagernes GM 2023
C88 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-Marshall
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Rab8 15. Nh4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bxh4 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Re3 g6 20. Rh3 Rbd8 21. Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Bc6 26. Qe2 Bb7 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Qe3 Rh8 29. Bd5 Rd7 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Qh3
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