Game of the Week 369
Since Jorden van Foreest is staying at my place during the Dutch Championship, I'm of course paying extra attention to the games of our national championship. At the time of writing the third round is being played and I already saw some cool sacrifices. Tonight I'll give an update.
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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
van Foreest vs Sokolov, Dutch Championship 2019
White to move
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bd6 12.Nf1 Ne7 13.a4 Rb8 14.Ng3 h6 15.b4 Be6 16.h3 Qc8 17.Nh4 Kh8 18.Qf3 Nh7 19.Nhf5 Ng8 20.Nxg7
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Van Foreest,J | 2610 | Sokolov,I | 2595 | | 2019 | | Dutch Championship | 3 |
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