The Weekly Show: A fine victory by Vitiugov

by ChessBase
10/27/2021 – In his "Weekly Show" IM Lawrence Trent focuses on the Russian Superfinal, which was won by Nikita Vitiugov. He also talks about the upcoming World Championship Match and the Grand Swiss in Riga. The "Game of the Day" is Vitiugov vs Andreikin, "a perfect display by the winner who played a simply flawless game". | Lawrence’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here
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But first, a warm-up: The position below is from a game between K. Alekseenko and N. Vitiugov. It is White to play and he is close to victory. Can you see the precise way through that Alekseenko didn’t?

 
K. Alekseenko - N. Vitiugov, Russian Superfinals 2021
White to move

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