Chess Masterpieces: Anand Crushes The Sicilian - Anand vs. Sokolov, 1992
Viswanathan Anand has always been famed for his fluid, fast, and intuitive attacking style. In the following rapid chess game against Ivan Sokolov, those skills are on display as a misstep by Sokolov allows the tactically aware Anand to land a series of beautiful and decisive sacrifices and tactics to overwhelm his strong opponent in a new miniature.
I've annotated this game below in further depth. There are many short variations with pleasing tactical and attacking ideas that I wasn't able to include in the video. I hope you enjoy them!
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