The Blue Bird Game

Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein · Leningrad, USSR Championship, 1960

Spassky plays the King's Gambit and lets Black make a new queen with check, while his own attack strikes first. Its final position appears in the James Bond film From Russia with Love.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 Nf8 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ 1-0

Paulsen–Morphy · Larsen–Spassky, Belgrade

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