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David Bronstein Memorial - David Bronstein sacs and games in his memorial tournament

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "London (England)"] [Site "London (England)"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Stuart Conquest"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. d4 Nc7 10. Nf4 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rfc1 g5 15. Nfe2 h6 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Na4 Ncxd5 21. Bxg5 Qd6 22. Ng3 Ng4 23. Be2 Nxf2 24. Qf3 Bxd4 25. Nf5 Ng4+ 26. Kf1 Nh2+ 0-1 ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== ========================================================== [Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "Moscow (RUS)"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Boris Yakovlevich Ratner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4q2/pp1r1pk1/1n2ppp1/8/2PN2P1/1P2Q1P1/P4PK1/3R3R b - - 0 23"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] 23... Kg8 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 (24... fxe6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qxe6+) 25. Nxf8 Rxh1 26. Kxh1 Rxf8 27. Qe7 Kg7 28. Qxb7 Nc8 29. Qd7 1-0 [Event "Moscow (Russia)"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Ludek Pachman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rr2k1/1bq3bp/p5p1/Pp1ppnN1/1P4N1/2P2Q2/B4PPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 27"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1946.??.??"] 27. Rxd5 (27. Bxd5+ Bxd5 (27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nd4 30. cxd4 (30. Qe4 Qf7 31. Rxd4 exd4)) 28. Rxd5) 27... Kh8 (27... Rxd5 28. Bxd5+) (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Nf7+) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qh3 h5 30. Nf7+ (30. Ne6 Qd7 31. Nxd8 Qxd8 32. Ne3) 30... Kh7 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Ng5+ Kh8 33. Be6 Ne7 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Ngxe5 Rxc3 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Nef7+ Kg8 39. Ne5+ Kh8 40. Ngf7+ Kg8 41. Ng5+ Kh8 42. Ngf7+ Kh7 43. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Ch Moscow"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Alexander Kotov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b2r1k/1q2bppp/pp2pn2/4Q1B1/3N4/2N3R1/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 20"] [PlyCount "2"] [EventDate "1946.??.??"] 20... Nd7 21. Bh6 (21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxe7+ Kh8 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Rxd7 Qc6 25. Bxf8 Bxd7 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Nd5) 1-0 [Event "USSR Championship 1961a"] [Site "Moscow (RUS)"] [Date "1961.01.10"] [Round "1"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E27"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r1r1k1/pR3pp1/1n3n1p/q1pp4/3P1NPP/P1PQPP2/8/2B2RK1 b - - 0 17"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1961.??.??"] 17... cxd4 18. g5 dxe3 (18... Rxc3) 19. gxf6 Rxc3 20. Qg6 fxg6 21. Rxg7+ 1-0 [Event "Moscu Mathematics Institute"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.04.04"] [Round "?"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "M20 (Computer)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkb1r/pppp1p1p/8/4P1p1/3P1p2/2N1nN2/PPP1Q1PP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 7"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1963.04.04"] 7... Nxf1 8. Ne4 Ne3 9. Nf6+ Ke7 10. Bd2 Nxc2+ 11. Kf2 Nxa1 12. Nd5+ Ke6 13. Qc4 b5 14. Nxg5+ Qxg5 15. Nxc7+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. Nxf4+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Qxc8+ Qd8 20. Nc7+ Ke7 21. Bb4+ d6 22. Bxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qe8# 1-0 [Event "Budapest (Hungary)"] [Site "Budapest (Hungary)"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Gedeon Barcza"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2R2pbk/2Q3pp/1p2pq2/1P3n2/3P3P/3B1PP1/r3N1K1 w - - 0 31"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "1949.??.??"] 31. Qe4 Nxd3 32. Qxf5 Nxe1 33. Kf1 (33. Qe4 Nf3#) 33... Nc2+ 34. Bc1 Rxc1+ 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Kd2 Nb3+ 0-1 [Event "Budapest (Hungary)"] [Site "Budapest (Hungary)"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Jozsef Szily"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C60"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r2qrk1/p2n2pp/2pbb3/2Np4/P2Pp3/1PQ1B2P/4NPP1/R3K2R w KQ - 0 24"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1949.??.??"] 24. O-O (24. Nxe6 Bb4) 24... Bxh3 25. Ng3 (25. gxh3 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 (26. Ng3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1) 26... Qh5 27. Kg2 Qxe2) 25... Qg6 26. gxh3 Bxg3 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. fxg3 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Rf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rf8 35. Qe1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37. Bf2 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qd3# 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq

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