Don't Try it at Home Variation | So vs MVL | Airthings Masters 2020
Channel: Mordimer's Chess Channel
Date: 2020-12-30

If you think about a fancy line of Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation, you know it's gonna be "don't try it at home" kind of madness. MVL is known as an expert of that opening and he prepared another line with a double piece sacrifice line. If you are interested in more Sicilian Defense chess games and other chess videos for intermediate players, don't forget to check the playlist about that opening. Enjoy.

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the field for the Airthings Masters, the 2nd stage of the Champions Chess Tour. The 12-player event will be played online on chess24 from December 26th to January 3rd and, as the first Major of the tour, features a $200,000 prize fund with $60,000 for 1st place. The winner also qualifies directly to the Grand Final in September 2021. The tournament starts with a 3-day preliminary stage where the players play each other once before the top 8 go forward to a knockout. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. 

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Wesley So vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Airthings Masters 2020
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, Anti-English [B90] 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nbc6 15. Nd5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxa1+ 22. Nd1 Qf6 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. f4 Nd4 25. Ne3 gxf4 26. Ng4 Qf5 27. Qxd4 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3 Qb3+ 30. Ne3 Rf8 31. Bh4 e5 32. Qe4 fxe3+ 33. Kg3 exf2+ 34. Kh2 f1=N+ 35. Bxf1 Rc8 36. Bg2 Rg8 37. Rg1 Rg7 38. Bf6 Rf7 39. Qg4 Rc2 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Bh4 Rf3 42. Qd8+ Kc6 43. Bg3 Qe6 44. Rb1 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 0-1

Link to Study created of this game: 
https://lichess.org/study/ojJEo6m5/5DlIi2xy#0
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0:00 Start
0:07 Introduction
0:53 Chess game

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