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A great attacking game against the French Defense with dxe4. The whole game is given so you can enjoy how it evolved.


Dobias-Podgorny, Czechoslovakia, 1952: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qh4 b6 11.Bg5 g6 12. c4 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Qxh6 Ng4 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5Nf6 18. Qh6 d4 (See Diagram) 19. Re6!! Re8 (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+ Rf7 25. Bxf7#) 20. Bxg6 {Black Resigned, as after} fxg6(20... fxe6 21. Bf7#) 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Nf7#

 


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