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In this video, we are going to watch the game that took the prize for the best move of 2023. It's the game between Stavroula Tsolakidou and Buksa Nataliya on the Women's European team championship in Montenegro, 2023
Tsolakidou, Stavroula (2389) - Buksa, Nataliya (2377)
European Women's Team Championship (chess24.com) [5] 2023.11.15
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qb4 Bf5 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qb4 Bf5 14.h4 h5 15.Bg5 Qb8 16.Be2 a6 17.Nc3 Qc7 18.g3 Be7 19.Be3 e4 20.O-O O-O 21.Bxh5 Ne5 22.Bd4 Nd3 23.Qb3 Bxh4 24.gxh4 Qe7 25.Ne2 Qxh4 26.Ng3 Nf4 27.Nxf5 Qxh5 28.Qg3 Ne2+ 29.Kg2 Nxg3 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.fxg3 Kh6 32.Rh1 Qxh1+ 33.Rxh1+ Kg5 34.Bxg7 Rfe8 35.Rf1 e3 36.Bf6+
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