This Checkmate Looks Unusual

May 26, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Chess game; this is an analysis of an entertaining game which ends with a brilliant combination involving a Queen sacrifice!
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Yevgeniy Vladimirov vs Vladislav Vorotnikov
Leningrad (1974)
Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense (D22)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nxc4 e6 9. Bg2 Be4 10. Ncd2 Bb4 11. Kf1 Bxd2
12. Bxd2 Ngf6 13. Ng5 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nf8 15. Qb3 Ng6 16. Bb4
Nh4+ 17. Kg3 Nh5+ 18. Kxh4 h6 19. f4 hxg5+ 20. fxg5 Qxg5+
21. Kxg5 f6+ 22. Kh4 g5#
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