Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Classic Sacrifice

The game Jon Ludvig Hammer vs. Milan Pacher, which was played in the World Junior Championship, started: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. Nf3 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Ng5 Ng4

Position after Black's 16th move




From here White made the classic attacks at h7 and g7 and proceeded to win: 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxg4+ Kxh7 21. Re3 Rf6 22. Rh3+ Rh6 23. Rxh6+ Kxh6 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Rxe6+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxd5 1-0

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