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Spassky, Boris V vs Bronstein, David I

URS-ch27 • Leningrad • 1960

Spassky's King's GambitTop 100

USSR Championship 1960. Boris Spassky played a King's Gambit — that most romantic of openings — against Bronstein and won brilliantly in just 23 moves. A reminder that even in the age of the Soviets, swashbuckling chess could still triumph.

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URS-ch27

Spassky, Boris V vs Bronstein, David I
Leningrad • 1960
1-0
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3d54.exd5Bd65.Nc3Ne76.d4O-O7.Bd3Nd78.O-Oh69.Ne4Nxd510.c4Ne311.Bxe3fxe312.c5Be713.Bc2Re814.Qd3e215.Nd6Nf816.Nxf7exf1=Q+17.Rxf1Bf518.Qxf5Qd719.Qf4Bf620.N3e5Qe721.Bb3Bxe522.Nxe5+Kh723.Qe4+1-0

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Result

1-0

White wins

Moves

23

Opening

C36

King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense

Date

1960.??.??

Moves

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