Zurich 1953 round 14: Averbakh vs. Kotov

The finest game of the tournament! Yuri Averbakh takes on Alexander Kotov, who plays the Old Indian defense. This game features an amazing tactic and it won the first place brilliancy prize for the tournament. This game has been anthologized in the book “The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games“ by John Nunn, et al., and the key tactic was featured in the book “Winning Chess Tactics“ by Yasser Seirawan. Also, KingsCrusher did a video on the key tactic from this game: