Judit Polgar smashes Shirov's Modern Defense

This is a chess game between Judit Polgar and Alexey Shirov from Amsterdam, 1995. Six of Shirov's first seven moves are pawn moves in a Modern Defense. Once Polgar's knight arrives on e4, the position becomes critical. Shirov's delay in addressing the e4-knight post would be his downfall. Polgar soon thereafter finds a way to exploit Shirov's lack of development, first with a pawn sacrifice and next with a piece sacrifice. Polgar's final move in this 21-move encounter is both rare and aesthetic. #JuditPolgar #ModernDefense Image of Judit Polgar by Ygrek creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ★ LICHESS.ORG https://lichess.org/@/Chess-Network ★ CHESS.COM https://www.chess.com/member/chessnet... (affiliate link) ★ TWITCH   / chessnetwork   ★ TWITTER   / chessnetwork   ★ FACEBOOK   / chessnetwork   ★ PATREON   / chessnetwork   ★ DONATE https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... PGN 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5 8.a3 Ba6 9.d5 cxd5 10.exd5 e5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Ba4+ Nd7 14.N2c3 Ke7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 Qxd5 17.Bg5+ Ndf6 18.Rd1 Qb7 19.Rd7+ Qxd7 20.Bxd7 h6 21.Qd1