Max Euwe’s Double Queen Sacrifice

August 2, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Euwe vs Speijer
Future World Chess Champion, at the time 23-year-old, Max Euwe plays a brilliant attacking game where he punishes his opponent for leaving the king in the center! The exchange sacrifice leaves Black with a shuttered position, but soon Queen sacrifice also strikes, even twice!
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Max Euwe vs Abraham Speijer
Amsterdam (1924), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Jul-24
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semmering Variation (D30)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e4 Bb7 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Re1+ Be7
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd3 16. Bxd3
Qxd3 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. Rxe7 Bxf3 19. Ba3 Qa6 20. Rcc7 Qxa3
21. Rxf7+ Ke8 22. Qe1+
1-0
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