The Most Beautiful Queen Sacrifice Ever Played?

In this video, we see one of the most artistic chess games ever played: Nicolas Rossolimo vs. Paul Reissmann (Puerto Rico, 1967). This game features a standard Italian Game opening that transforms into a deadly Kingside attack. The climax of the game is a sensational Queen sacrifice.
Rossolimo, famous for his creative style, demonstrates how to convert a space advantage into a mating net using a classic Rook lift and a brilliant tactical shot. We break down the analysis, explain why Black could not accept the sacrifice, and show the beautiful checkmate patterns.


What you will learn from this game:

• Opening Principles: How to play the Italian Game aggressively.
• How to lift and transfer a Rook to join the attack.
• How to use pawns to cramp your opponent and create weaknesses.
• Pin Exploitation: Utilizing pinned pawns to invade with Knights.
• Look at "impossible" moves if they lead to forced mates.


Nicolas Rossolimo - Paul Reissmann
Puerto Rico Open 1967, Puerto Rico
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O c6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a4 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. a5 Rc8 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qh3 Nf4 19. Qg4 Ned5 20. Ra3 Ne6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Qc2 24. Rh3 1-0


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Photos from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/
Nicolas Rossolimo, Photographer Harry Pot for Anefo
Paul Reissmann, no photo found


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