Anand’s Recent Game Will Leave You Speechless!

September 23, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is Anand vs Wesley So chess game (rapid) analysis! Anand makes several amazing sacrifices, including a Queen sacrifice, and destroys opponent’s defense!
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Viswanathan Anand vs Wesley So
2023 Levitov Chess Week
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. Qf2 b6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qg3 f5 15.Kb1 b5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qh3 g6 18. g4 b4 19. gxf5 bxc3 20. fxg6 Rae8 21. Rhg1 Bxg1 22. Rxg1 Rxf4 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. gxh7
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viswanathan_Anand_(2016)_(cropped).jpeg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesley_So_in_2023.jpg
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