Tiger's Epic King March!

What is the most spectacular king march ever played in a Chess Olympiad? 

Many of you are probably already familiar with the concept of the incredible king march in a middlegame full of pieces. It is very rare for this to be successful in practice, but those who manage this against a Grandmaster become immortalized in chess history. The most famous example is Nigel Short, who played Kh2-g3-f4-g5 consecutively to defeat Jan Timman:

As I was looking for more incredible games to share with you, I immediately thought of a creative Swedish Grandmaster who inspired my opening choices as a junior - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson.

I could show you many of his incredible games, but in today's post, I will focus on his amazing king march against the strong Lithuanian IM Tomas Laurusas at the 2018 Batumi Olympiad. 

Enjoy my video with my full explanations of the game below:

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