Great video! After sacrificing your Rook, why not RXe7? I am new to chess. What am I missing?
excellent play good stuff man!
Great video! Very instructive and exciting to review. Must have been a very fun game to play.
Very impressive game !
Thanks for the lesson.
Brillant game, brillant video explanations.Congratulations!
When Melik first showed me this game, I was beside myself with delight.
I like to just play through games like this again and again.
great game and easy to follow for us
Wonderfully instructive game. Thanks!
Sacrifice for tactical means becoming it's to appreciate but sacrifice for strategical means becoming it's in my opinion stronger and more beautiful and also more courageous because more risky, thanks for this game and encouragements, we need them, to play with such energy and self confidence.
wonderful sacrifices! congratulations for your visionary skills
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by GM Melikset Khachiyan
GM Khachiyan examines a complicated and beautiful game from his own recent chess practice. Follow the grandmaster's thought process step by step through the game, and learn about true long-term positional sacrifices.
Released: 11/9/2009Level: Intermediate-AdvancedLength: 24 minutesViews: 1200Player Size: Small | LargeThemes: Positional Sacrifices