Monday, 17 December 2012

Miniature of the Month - November 2012

Frank Marshall once remarked that he opened with 1.P-Q4 as he felt he could get better attacking positions as a result, and much later, Gary Kasparov apparently expressed a similar sentiment. For the Miniature if the Month for November 2012, I present an extreme example of this, combining the Queens Gambit Declined with the Greek Gift (Bxh7+). While the game was only a rapid game, White still finishes the game of in a clinical and instructive manner.


Potkin,Vladimir (2665) - Suslin,Alexander (2182) [D35]
Rector Cup MGSU Moscow RUS (2.5), 09.11.2012

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a6 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Qd3+ f5 16. exf6+ Kxf6 17. Qf3+ Ke7 18. Qf7+ Kd6 19. Nce4# 1-0


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