Anand Destroys French Defense With A Cunning Pawn Sacrifice

April 15, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Viswanathan Anand vs Yannick Pelletier
Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge (2017) French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation (C11)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bc6 Nc6 13. c3 b5 14. g4 h5 15. gh5 Rh5 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg2 Bf8 18. f5 ef5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Kd7 22. h7 Re8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. a4 b4 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Kf1 b3 28. Re1 Nd8 29. Re2 Qb7 30. Nge6 Ne6 31. Nd5 Be7 32. Ne7 Re7 33. d5 Nf8 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Bf8 Ref8 36. Rh4 Kd8 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e6 Re7 39. Qg5
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