Look At This! Samuel Shankland Breaks The Chinese Wall

April 24, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Samuel Shankland manages to break into pieces Black’s super solid “Chinese wall” by targeting Black’s Achilles heel on b7 and sacrificing the rook! Once that pawn drops victory becomes a matter of seconds!
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Samuel Shankland vs Rafael Felipe Prasca Sosa
Philadelphia Open (2012), rd 4, Apr-06
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation. Advance System (D15)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7
7. h3 Bf5 8. e3 O-O 9. Nh4 Bc8 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O Ne4 13. g4 Be6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f5 16. Bg3 Bf7
17. f4 Nf6 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. Kf2 Rfb8
22. b4 Bd5 23. Rfb1 Kf7 24. a4 Qe6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qc8
27. b6 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qe6 29. Ra7 Bf8 30. Ke1 Bg7 31. Kd2 Bf8
32. Qb4 Qd7 33. Kc3 Qe6 34. Qa4 Qc8 35. Qa1 Bg7 36. h4 Bf8
37. h5 Bg7 38. Qa4 Bf8 39. h6 Qd8 40. Qa5 Qc8 41. Be1 Qd8
42. Kb4 Be6 43. Bc3 Bd5 44. Bd1 Be6 45. Qa4 Bd5 46. Qa5 Be6
47. Be2 Bd5 48. Ka3 Ke8 49. Kb2 Kf7 50. Qa4 Ke8 51. Bc4 Kf7
52. Bb3 Kg8 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Qxc6 Bxb3 55. Kxb3
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