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My Memorable Games: Reckless Abandon!

Aug 8, 2012
21 min
9538 Views
Today Melik tells a tale from his childhood, reviewing how hard times were for a certain period and how it affected his chess games. He displays one of his more dynamic wins - explaining how when you have the right ideas in a position, and execute them aggressively, you can sometimes afford to miss a few moves here and there. After "blundering" the exchange, he proves it to be a sacrifice that leads to a winning attack against black's uncastled king!