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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Immortal game - Black vs Robert Fontaine - Dutch Lenningrad 2007 - Amazing

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►Playlists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb ►FREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "French Championships"] [Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "2007.08.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Robert Fontaine"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A89"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.08.13"] {Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (French pronunciation: ​[maksˈim vaˈʃje laɡʁˈav]; born 21 October 1990) is a French chess Grandmaster and the 2009 World Junior Chess Champion.} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 (10... Re8 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 Rxd1 13. Rxd1 e4 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 g5 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 Be6 18. Nf2) 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. Nd4 (12. Ne1 Ng4) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Qg5 (16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Qf4 Ne8 (17... c6 18. Nc7) 18. e3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf7 20. Nd4 Nf6) 16... Kf7 17. Qf4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bh6 19. Qxh4 g5 20. Qh3 g4 21. Qh4 Kg6 22. f4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Bg5) 17... Qc5 18. Nb5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. g4 (21. Nc2) 21... Nxg4 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 (22... Qxf5 23. Rxd7+) 23. Rd5 Qxd5 (23... Qb6 24. Rxf5+ gxf5 25. Qxf5+ Nf6 26. Qxc8) (23... Qe7 24. Rxf5+ gxf5 25. Qxf5+ Nf6 26. Qxc8) (23... Qf8 24. Rxf5+ gxf5 25. Qxf5+ Nf6) 24. cxd5 Be5 25. Qc1 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Rh8 27. Qc4 Bd6+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 b5 30. Qxb5 (30. Qc6) 30... e3 31. Bf3 (31. fxe3 Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Bxe3+) 31... Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 exf2 33. Kg2 Bg1 34. Qc6 {mate in 7} Rh2+ (34... Bh3+ 35. Kg3 f1=Q 36. Qxc7+ Bd7 (36... Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8) 37. Qxd7+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kh6) 35. Kg3 f1=N+ 36. Kf4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 Be3+ 38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Ng3+ 0-1 ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Fontaine By Stefan64 (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons MVL Maxime Vachier Lagrave By Euku (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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