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Game Details
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Boris Gelfand
World Championship Candidates (2011), Kazan RUS, rd 1, May-07
Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Variation (B87)

Notations
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4
Nc6 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Kh8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Qh3 d5 18.e5 Qxe5
19.Rh4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rd4 a5 23.Rd3 Qc6
24.c3 a4 25.Bc2 e5 26.Bg5 b4 27.Qh4 bxc3 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.Re1 e4
30.g4 Kf8 31.Be3 Qc4 32.g5 Bxf5 33.gxf6 Bxf6 34.Qh5 Bg6 35.Qg4
Qxa2 36.Bb1 Qc4 37.Qg2 a3 38.Ba2 Qc6 39.Rg3 Rb8 0-1

Full game
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00:00 Intro, game details and initial position
00:46 Pause and find the move if you want
01:07 Analysis - How is the position for Black?
03:15 Analysis - How is the position for White?
05:10 Guess the positional sacrifice?
06:18 The sacrifice lands on the board
09:37 A cool move by Gelfand
10:52 Another critical position
12:16 White resigns
13:41 Outro and Summary



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