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Last time out, we showed attacking great Chigorin use the Evans Gambit as a weapon. To be fair, here’s an entire game where Black decides to be the attacker.


Grunthal-Sohn, Riga, 1911: It started out 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Ba3 Qf6 11. Nbd2 Nge7 12. h3 h5 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. Kh2 Ng6 15. g3 h4 16. hxg4 hxg3+ 17. Kg1 Nf4 18. Qc4 g2 19. Nh2 Qh4 20. Ndf3 (See Diagram) 20… Qxh2+ 21.Nxh2 Rxh2 22. Kxh2 Rh8+ 23. Kg3 Rh3#

 


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