Queen Sacrifice Gave Birth To A Wonderful Windmill Tactic

May 4, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this attacking chess game White sacrifices his queen in order to make use of windmill tactic! In the end of the video as usual you can find the daily puzzle! In chess, a windmill is a tactic in which a combination of discovered checks and regular checks, usually by a rook and a bishop, often forcing the opposing king to move back and forth between two squares, can win massive amounts of material. This tactic is also sometimes referred to as a see-saw.
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Antonin Drvota vs Zbigniew Szymczak
Decin (1978)
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Quiet System Parma Defense (B08)
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Nd7 11. Ng5 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 h6 13. Nh3 Kh7 14. Ng3 f5 15. f4 fxe4 16. fxe5 Nxe5
17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Ne6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nc4 20. Rf7 Nxd2 21. Rxg7+
Kh8 22. Bd4 Qxe6 23. dxe6 Nf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rxc7+ Kg8
26. Rg7+
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