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B90 Sicilian Najdorf

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack

John Nunn vs Matthew Sadler, 1993

1-0, 31 moves

1103918 (#972)

Daily Puzzle
Sunday, 11.11.2012
White #27

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London Lloyds"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Qc7 14.g5 Nh5 15.O-O-O Nf4 16.h4 h6 17.Rg1 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rh4 19.Kb1 Qd8 20.Nd4 exd4 21.Bxf4 Nb6 22.Bg3 Nxa4 23.Bc4 Nc3+ 24.bxc3 dxc3 25.Qe2 Qa5 26.Rde1 Ra7 {At first sight, White faces a very difficult problem in meeting Black's threat, but in fact there are two solutions. -- Nunn} 27.Bf4 {! Excellent move, however the incredible 27.Bxa6! also wins. -- Nunn} b3 28.Bxb3 Rb7 29.Rg4 Rxg4 30.fxg4 Qb4 31.Qxa6 1-0

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