“Tal-like” Sacrifice By The Legend Rashid Nezhmetdinov

June 7, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenFri, June 7, 2019 4:15pmURL:
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In this video I am analyzing a famous chess game played by Soviet chess player Rashid Nezhmetdinov, where the latter goes for a rook sacrifice in a game played against Georgian chess player Bukhuti Gurgenidze. The rook sacrifice on f2-square breaks into pieces White’s kingside and the resignation becomes a matter of moves. In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Bukhuti Gurgenidze vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov
USSR Championship (1957), Moscow URS, rd 1, Jan-21
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.h3 Bb6 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Na5 13.Bc2 c6
14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nbd2 Ne7 18.Nf1 Ng6
19.g3 Qe6 20.Ne3 Qxh3 21.Rxd6 Bc5 22.Rxg6 fxg6 23.Nxe5 Kh7
24.Rd1 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qh2+ 26.Ke1 Qxg3+ 27.Kd2 Qxe5 28.Nd5 Qg5+
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