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Boris Spassky Top Eight Amazing Chess Sacrifices!

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "Leningrad (RUS)"] [Date "1960.02.20"] [Round "16"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqr1k1/pppnbpp1/7p/2P5/3PN3/4pN2/PPB3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 14"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 {One of the deepest sacrifices this side of The Evergreen Game -- Soltis} Nf8 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ 1-0 [Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"] [Site "Belgrade SRB"] [Date "1970.03.31"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/ppp1qppp/2p5/2b2b2/2P1pPn1/1P2P1P1/PBQPB2P/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 11"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1970.03.29"] 11... h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Ch FRG"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gilles Andruet"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4r1k1/3b1p2/2p2qp1/3p3p/3P2nn/r2BP1N1/2Q2PPP/1R2RNK1 w - - 0 26"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 26. Re2 c5 27. dxc5 Ne5 28. Bb5 Qf3 0-1 [Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"] [Site "Gothenburg SWE"] [Date "1955.09.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Herman Pilnik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B98"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqk2r/1p2bp2/p2ppn1p/6P1/3NP2B/2N2Q2/PPP3PP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 10"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1955.08.15"] 10... Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Kg7 14. O-O Ne5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. gxh6+ Rxh6 17. Rf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxh6 axb5 19. Rf1+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Rf7 Nc6 22. Nd5 Rxa2 (22... exd5 23. Qxd6+ Ke8 24. Qg6 Kd7 25. exd5 Ra6 26. d6 Qb6+ 27. Bf2 Qa5 28. Qf5+ Ke8 29. Qh7 Qd8 30. dxe7 (30. Bc5 Be6)) 23. h3 Qh8 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Qg5 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Qd8 27. Qxb5+ Kc7 28. Qc5+ Kb8 29. Bxd6+ Ka8 30. Bxe7 Ra5 31. Qb4 1-0 [Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1973.10.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3k2r/1bqnBppp/p3p3/1p1nP3/3N4/2NB4/PPP1Q1PP/2KRR3 b kq - 0 14"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "1973.10.02"] 14... Nxc3 15. Qg4 Nxd1 (15... Kxe7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 (16... Qc6 17. Qg5+ Ke8 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 Qg6 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. e6 Qxe6) 17. Qxg7+ Ke8 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. Rxf8+) 16. Nxe6 Qc6 (16... fxe6 17. Bd6 Qb6 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rxd1) 17. Nxg7+ Kxe7 18. Qg5+ f6 (18... Kf8 19. Nf5 Qg6 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxf5 23. Bxf5) 19. exf6+ Kd8 20. f7+ Kc7 21. Qf4+ 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "m"] [Date "1969.06.04"] [Round "19"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3rb1k/1p1b1pp1/p2ppn1p/q4P2/3NP3/1BN5/PPP3QP/1K3RR1 b - - 0 19"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] 19... Qd8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 Nh5 23. Qg6 exd4 24. Ng5 1-0 [Event "Spassky-Geller Candidates Quarterfinal M"] [Site "Sukhumi GEO"] [Date "1968.04.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B25"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5rk1/1b2ppb1/q2p1np1/2p3N1/1p2P1PQ/nP1PB2P/r1P1N1B1/2R2RK1 b - - 0 22"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] 22... Rc8 23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxf7 Rxc2 (25... Kxf7 26. Bh6 Rg8 27. Nf4) 26. Bh6 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Kxf7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. g5 f5 30. Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kc6 32. exf5+ 1-0 [Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"] [Site "Baku (RUS)"] [Date "1961.11.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Aivars Gipslis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B24"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b2r1r1k/R5bp/3p4/4pp2/3P1P2/2q1B1PP/6BK/3Q2R1 w - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "3"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] 29. Qh5 exd4 30. Rxg7 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Spassky 1980 pic 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
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