A Devastating Tactical Combination and Rook Sacrifice! | Training Game

September 29, 2019 NHaselton Uncategorized

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A training game which ended with a beautiful tactical combination played on my quest to reach 2100 on lichess classical by October 1st!

I think this was my best training game ever! I played an opening I know well, and I played wothout a single serious mistake! My opponent tried to hold on to his “extra pawn”, a common temporary pawn sac line in the Tarrasch. That is very dangerous. I punished him with a very beautiful rook sacrifice which won his queen!

Tarrasch French

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 e5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd5 13. c4 Qa5 14. Nb5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Rxe5+ fxe5 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Nd6+ Kd7 19. Qxa5 Bxd6 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rd1 b6 22. Qd2 Nc8 23. Bf4 Ke7 24. Bxd6+ 1-0

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