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Continuing our “miniature” series, let me introduce a wild grandmaster game (you don’t see much in modern chess) between Seirawan and Browne at Lone Pine in 1979.


Solution:

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nh3 g5 7.f3 exf3 8.exf3 Bg7 9.d5 Qe7+ 10.Kd2 Nd4 11.Bd3 Kd8 12.Ng1 b5 13.Nge2 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Qc5 15.Kd3 Rb8 16.Be3 (See Diagram) 16...Qxc4+!! 17.Kxc4 Ba6+ 18.Nb5 [18.Kc5 d6#] 18...Nxb5 White Resigned. It's over. Even though White is up a queen for two pieces, he'll be mated or end up losing his queen or more.[For example: 19.b4 [Picturesque is 19.Qa4 Na3+ 20.Kc5 d6+ 21.Kc6 Ne7# 19...Nc3+ 20.Kb3 Nxd1 21.Raxd1 Bxe2 22.Rd2 Ba6 and Black's now a piece up. You don’t always need a queen to attack!

 


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