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Maurice Ashley Makes A Queen Sacrifice Against Nakamura’s Stepfather Sunil Weeramantry

June 6, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Chess game; a brutal Queen sacrifice allows White to destroy opponent’s defense with an active piece play!
In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Maurice Ashley vs Sunil Weeramantry
New York op (1991), New York, NY USA, rd 7
Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06)
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7
7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nb6 9. Ng5 Rb8 10. Nd1 d5 11. Bf4 Rb7 12. e5
Nh6 13. Bd3 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Nc4 16. Nxf5 Nxd2
17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. e6+ Kc8 19. exf7 Nc4 20. N7e6 Qa5+ 21. Kf2
Qb4 22. b3 Nd6 23. c3 Qxc3 24. Rhc1 Qb2+ 25. Kf1 Rb6 26. Rab1
Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qxb3 28. Rxa7 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Nxb7 30. Rxc6+
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