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Born on December 15, 1912 in Aktiubinsk, Rashid Nezhmetdinov was an eminent Soviet chess player. Despite never getting the GM title — given how difficult it was to do so at that time — he is considered one of the most dangerous attackers of all time, with Jon Speelman recently describing him thus:
A player so violent that he was able more than once to out-hack Misha Tal himself.
In order to pay tribute to the man from Aktiubinsk, Lawrence analyses a game in which Nezhmetdinov defeated the great Lev Polugaevsky with black in 1958. Spoiler alert: the game lasts 33 moves and includes an astounding queen sacrifice!
But first a warm-up. In round 7 of the women’s Russian championship, Alina Kashlinskaya defeated Alisa Galliamova with the black pieces. Can you find the breakthrough?
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