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Paul Georghiou: Top 16 Amazing Chess Sacrifices 1979 - 1997

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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 Junior Team Championships"] [Site "?"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "P Georghiou"] [Black "Scott Johnson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rqr1k1/1bpn1pp1/1p1ppn2/p5R1/3PP3/P1BB1N2/1PP1QP1P/2K3R1 b - - 0 15"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] 15... g6 16. Qd2 (16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nh7 18. Rh5 Ndf8 19. d5 Qd7 20. Rh6 Kg7 21. Qh5 Kh8 22. Rxh7+ Nxh7 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Re7 25. exd6+ e5 26. dxe7) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxg6+ fxg6 19. Rxg6+ Kf7 20. Qh6 Nf8 21. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "London Under 12"] [Site "?"] [Date "1980.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Agnos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r4k/1n2qprp/p1bp1p2/1p2pP2/1P2P2Q/P1N4R/2P1B1PP/3R3K b - - 0 28"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] 28... Rcg8 29. Rdd3 Qd8 30. Qh6 Qe7 31. Rh4 Rc8 32. Rdh3 Kg8 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. R3h7# 1-0 [Event "Lloyds Bank Junior Invitation"] [Site "?"] [Date "1981.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Boyne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b1k2r1r/p4ppp/1pp1p3/3q4/3P1B2/Q3R1P1/PPP2P1P/1K2R3 b - - 0 22"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] 22... Qd7 23. Rb3 Kb7 24. Re5 Kc8 25. Rxb6 Bb7 26. Qxa7 f6 27. Rc5 e5 28. Be3 exd4 29. Bf4 Kd8 30. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "City Chess Under 161 BCF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1981.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Adkins, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2nrBk1/p2n1p2/qp2p1p1/2ppP1N1/3P4/2P2QN1/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 21"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] 21... Rxf8 22. Qg4 Kg7 23. Nh5+ Kh6 24. Nf6 Nxf6 25. exf6 1-0 [Event "Islington Open 1982"] [Site "?"] [Date "1982.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Martin, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R3k1/pq3pbp/np4p1/1Q6/3P1N2/B3P1P1/P4P1P/6K1 b - - 0 23"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] 23... Qxc8 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qe5 Bxa3 27. Ng4+ 1-0 [Event "Simul at Centymca Chess Club"] [Site "?"] [Date "1983.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Ljubomir Ftacnik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3rr3/R3bk2/5qpB/1p1p1p2/2p4P/2P3P1/4QP2/4R1K1 b - - 0 27"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] 27... Qd6 28. Bf4 Qc5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Be5+ Kh6 31. Qf7 Qxa7 32. Qg7+ Kh5 33. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "Grieveson Grant Weekend Congress"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Gentile, Claudio"] [Black "Georghiou"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C12"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/4qp2/2n1pNp1/pp1pP2p/b1pP3P/2P2Q2/PRPKBPP1/7R w - - 0 22"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] 22. Rhb1 Kb7 23. Rxb5+ Bxb5 24. Rxb5+ Ka6 25. Bxc4 (25. a4 Na7 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5) 25... Nxe5 0-1 [Event "British Under 16 Ch."] [Site "?"] [Date "1985.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White Carton, Niall"] [Black "Georghiou"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r2r1k1/2pq1ppp/7P/p2n4/1P1Pp3/P5Q1/1P1B1PP1/1K1R3R b - - 0 30"] [PlyCount "13"] 30... g6 31. bxa5 e3 32. fxe3 Qb5 33. b4 Qd3+ 34. Kb2 Rxe3 35. Bxe3 Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Nxb4 0-1 [Event "Islington Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Barnes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A67"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqk2r/pp1n1pbp/4P1p1/1BpP3n/8/2N5/PP4PP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq - 0 11"] [PlyCount "32"] 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. exd7+ Bxd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qg4+ Kd8 17. Bg5+ f6 18. O-O-O fxg5 19. Nh3 Qg2 20. Qxg5+ Kd7 21. Qg4+ Kd8 22. Nf4 Qh2 23. Ne6+ Ke7 24. d6+ Ke8 25. Nxg7+ Kf7 26. Qd7+ Kg8 27. Kb1 1-0 [Event "UK Open Team championships"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Georghiou"] [Black "Dominic Mackle"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E29"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b3rk/p2nqppp/3p1n2/2pP1PBN/2p5/P1P4R/2BQ2PP/R5K1 b - - 0 21"] [PlyCount "12"] 21... Qe5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Rxe4 Qxf5 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Reh4 f5 27. Qg5 (27. Rxh7+) 1-0 [Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 1987"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Peter Sowray"] [Black "Paul Georghiou"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E62"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3qbrk1/r7/pp1p1nnb/2pP1p1p/PPP1pP2/2N1B1PP/4Q1B1/1RRN2K1 w - - 0 23"] [PlyCount "54"] 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxc5 h4 25. cxd6 Rg7 26. c5 hxg3 27. Qb2 Nh5 28. c6 Qxd6 29. Bd4 Nhxf4 30. Qb8 Qxb8 31. Rxb8 Nh4 32. Bxg7 Bxg7 33. Rc2 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Nf3 35. c7 Nh2+ 36. Ke1 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 exf3 38. c8=Q g2 39. Rxg2+ fxg2 40. Ne2 Nxe2 41. Qe6+ Bf7 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qh6+ Bg7 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Bh6 47. Kxe2 g1=Q 48. Nf2 Qa1 49. Qc4 Bh5+ 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
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