Double Rook Sacrifice Went Terribly Wrong Against Spassky 😅

October 13, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Yuri S Gusev vs Boris Spassky
Riga (1951)
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Gruenfeld Defense (A00)
1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Bf5 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. N5f3 Be7 8.Ne2 e4 9. Ng3 exf3 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nxf5 fxg2 12. Rg1 Bg5 13. h4 Qf6 14. Qf3 Qxb2 15. hxg5 Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxg1 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qf6+ Kc7 20.Qg7+ Kb6 21. Qb2+ Nb4 22. Qxb4+ Kc7 23. Qa5+ b6 24. Qf5 Raf8
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