The Modern Defense is a popular alternative to the main line of the King’s Gambit Accepted (3…g5), but
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Like A Boss! Spassky Goes For King’s Gambit And Gets A Brilliancy Prize
Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 16, Feb-20 King’s Gambit: Accepted. Modern Defense
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King’s Gambit | Ideas, Principles and Common Variations
The King’s Gambit is the epitome of romantic chess – an aggressive pawn sacrifice which leads to beautiful
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Lol! Pawn Push Led To A Spectacular Mate!
Sidney Norman Bernstein vs E B Heal Marshall CC Championship (1940), New York Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto
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Bent Larsen Sacrifices His Queen On Move 9 In The Spirit Of Mikhail Tal
Jorgen Gustav Nielsen vs Bent Larsen Copenhagen (1965), Copenhagen DEN, rd 13, Oct-?? Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation (A42)
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Magnus Carlsen (DrDrunkenstein) Wins Lichess Titled Arena 8
GM DrDrunkenstein (2864) vs. GM RebeccaHarris (2749) Lichess Titled Arena 8 (Bullet Tournament) Opening: “Modern Defense: Standard Defense”
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Like A Boss! Mikhail Tal Goes For King’s Gambit
Mikhail Tal vs Stanislav Winter Prague radio sim 1960 King’s Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense 1. e4 e5 2.
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Maurice Ashley’s Most Insane Queen Sacrifice
Maurice Ashley (2370) vs Sunil Weeramantry (2255) 07, New York op 23 (1991), New York, NY USA Modern
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Work Of Art! This Is Larsen’s Worst Nightmare!
Arthur Bisguier vs Bent Larsen Zagreb (1965), Zagreb CRO, rd 9, Apr-?? Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack (B06)
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12 Year Old Karjakin Sacrifices 2 Pieces And Starts A King Hunt
Sergey Karjakin (2523) vs Vasily Borisovich Malinin (2434) Sudak UKR (2002), It, rd 7, Aug-07 Scotch Game: Modern
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