Game of the Week #452
This week we go back in time and study one of the most unique games ever seen: M. Bosboom vs I. Khenkin, Haarlem 1997. Purely positional rook sacrifices are relatively rare. It requires a lot of imagination and patience to play such a sacrifice and to play it well. Alexei Alexei Shirov understands this type of play better than most players in history, and Dutchman Manuel Bosboom certainly has this gift as well.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
M. Bosboom vs I. Khenkin, Haarlem 1997
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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