A Swindle of Sorts from the Vachier-Lagrave vs. Dominguez Match
Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 8:52PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Leinier Dominguez, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

This is going back a couple of weeks to their Chess.com match. Slowly but surely I've been going through all the matches of the Speed Chess Championship, picking out the occasional gem or otherwise eye-catching game for your entertainment and instruction. Here's a nice swindle by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who managed to befuddle Leinier Dominguez early in the match. There were zwischenzugs and a king walk that reminded the commentators of the famous Short-Timman game from Tilburg 1991. Good entertainment all the way around, and a useful reminder that we should not automatically assume that our opponents will recapture the pieces we've just captured with.

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