Must See! Brazilian Chess Grandmaster Goes For Double Rook Sacrifice

November 24, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Alexandr Fier (2558) vs Robert Vidal (2428)
43rd Chess Olympiad (2018), Batumi GEO, rd 2, Sep-25
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Rac1 h6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qb6 15. Qa1 Rfd8 16. h3 Bf8
17. d3 Bc6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qb7 20. e4 a5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Nxg5 a4 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Kg2 axb3 25. Rh1 c4 26. Bxe6 Rxe6
27. Rh8+
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Video Thumbnail Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandr_Fier_4363.jpg

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