Alekhine Sacrifices His Queen Twice But No One Accepts

June 27, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am analyzing a famous chess miniature played by the fourth World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine where he sacrifices his queen twice! Alekhine’s opponent an amateur named Leon Kussman fails to show an adequate resistance to his talented opponent and loses very quickly! This game is another classical example of how one can target opponent’s “uncastled king”. In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Alexander Alekhine vs Leon Kussman
Simul, 18b (1924), Newspaper Club, New York, NY USA, Jan-13
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (D40)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14.Nf5 Ne5 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qb5+ Nd7 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20.Qe5
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Video Thumbnail Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alekhin_Kapablanka.jpg

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