Mikenas Crazy

Submitted by benws Chess.com

This is a really cool game. Mikenas begins a series of crazy-looking moves after Black is forced to ruin his kingside pawn structure. He sacrifices one piece after another, and even though the sacs don't seem to do anything, they eventually lure the Black king into the middle of the board, where it is mated.

Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas vs. N Lebedev

4th Georgian Championship | Tbilisi, GEO, USSR | 1941 | ECO: D53 | 1-0

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pawn promotion

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. dxc5 g5 19. Bg3 Bxc5 20. f4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxc1 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxf6 Kg7 24. Qd3 h5 25. h4 Kxf6 26. Ng4+ hxg4 27. Be5+ Kxe5 28. Qd4#

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