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How to Play Against the Sicilian Defense: Fantastic Tactics

Today we analyze an extraordinary chess game. The game is full of fantastic tactical ideas, as it was played between two great tacticians, Leonid Stein and Vladimir Simagin. Stein, playing one of the most complicated lines of the Sicilian Defense, gradually gains an advantage. But Simagin tries to turn the tables with one brilliant move after another. Eventually, all Simagin’s pieces are hanging, and his king is under direct threat of checkmate — White’s position looks completely hopeless. But Simagin had calculated one move further than Stein, delivering another unexpected tactical blow that changes everything. No wonder this game earned Simagin the prize for the most brilliant game of the 28th USSR Championship. So, let’s dive in and see if you can also find all these brilliant moves. Support the Channel:   / chesswisdom   Simagin vs Stein, USSR Championship 1961 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 h5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Kh1 Qc5 15. Rf3 Be7 16. Rh3 h4 17. f5 Nb6 18. Nd1 Nc4 19. Qc3 Ne5 20. Qb2 b5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. c3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. Qb3 Ke7 25. Qd1 Bb6 26. Qf1 Qa3 27. Rd1 Rxc3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Ndf5+ Kd8 30. Nxd6 Rf8 31. Rxh4 Rxe3 32. Rh8 Rxh8 33. Qxf6+ Kc7 34. Qxe5 Kc6 35. Nxb5 Qc5 36. Rd6+ Kb7 37. Rxd7+ Kc8 38. Rc7+ Qxc7 39. Nxc7 Rxh2+ 40. Qxh2 Rxe2 41. Qh8+ Kxc7 42. Qc3+ Kb7 43. Qc4 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Bc7+ 45. Kh3 Rh1+ 46. Kg4 Rh2 47. Kf3 Rh6 48. Qb4+ Kc6 49. Qc3+ Kb7 50. Qb2+ Kc8 51. Qg7 Rh5 52. Qg8+ Kb7 53. Qxe6 Ra5 54. g4 1-0