Chess Openings, Giuoco Piano (C53), Ghulam Kassim variation

CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #7602

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Petrov's greatest game of all time
F. A. Hoffmann (2600) vs. A.D. Petrov (2500)

Annotated by goodoldtom (1200): This is the best attacking game in all of history, (except for Anderrson, maybe). Petov sacrifices his queen and obtains a lasting attack against the king. This is shocking. Today, cxd4 is preferred. Looking for adventure, but this violates the principle of rapid development. better is king e1, however not Be3, Bxe3 , Kxe3, cxb2. ?!. Sacrificing a queen for a king hunt, this…