Don’t Pin Najdorf’s Knight! It Can Jump!

April 16, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenMon, April 16, 2018 3:00amURL:
Embed:

Polish-Argentinian chess grandmaster Miguel Najdorf plays a brilliant chess game where by sacrificing his queen he manages to activate his knights and start harassing Black king! A chess miniature which every chess player should see!
__________________
Miguel Najdorf vs NN
Buenos Aires – sim (1942)
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C26)
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qd5 13. Rd1 Qa5+ 14. c3 Nxe5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Nd7+ Ke8 18. Nb8+ c6 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nd7#
1-0
______________
Twitter → https://twitter.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/surenaghabek
_____________________________________________________
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/surenaghabekyan

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>