Catastrophe In The Opening Or How Shirov Made A Fire On The Board

November 3, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Alexey Shirov plays a brilliant attacking game in the last round of 2019 European Team Championship vs Swedish IM Jonathan Westerberg! In the opening on move 8 Black makes a mistake and relying on that mistake Shirov starts a king hunt! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Alexei Shirov (2664) vs Jonathan Westerberg (2546)
European Team Championship 2019 round 09
D06 Queen’s Gambit Refused: Austrian Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd2 e5 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Bxc3 Qd5 12. Bb4 Nc6 13. Nxc8+ Ke6 14. g3 Qxh1 15. Qd6+ Kf5 16. Qd3+ e4 17. Nd6+ Kg6 18. Qb5 Ne7 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. Qxb7 Nxb4 21. Ne5+ Kf5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nxf7 Rhf8 24. Rc1 h6 25. Nd6+ Kg6 26. Rc7 Nh5 27. f3 Kh7 28. Qxe4+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qxh5 Rf6 31. Ne4 Rg6 32. Qf5 Ra6 33. h4
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