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The whole game (with the sharp opening phase culminating in 17.hxg7!!) can be found in CBM192 Extra, extensively annotated by German IM Alexander Seyb.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.h4 Be6 12.h5 Qa5 13.a3 c4 14.Be2 Ne4 15.Qd4 d5 16.h6 Bf6 17.hxg7 Bxd4 18.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 19.Nxd4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 21.Rh5 Qxa3+ 22.Kd2 Qb4+ 23.c3 Qb2+ 24.Ke1 Re8 25.Kf1 a5 26.Bc1 Qxc3 27.Rg5+! Kh8 27...Kf8 - Start an analysis engine:
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Vaibhav,S | 2591 | Xu,Y | 2531 | 1–0 | 2019 | C42 | 26th Abu Dhabi Masters | 6.17 |
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