MVL's Zombie Rook Wins The Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Morozevich vs. Vachier-Lagrave, 2009

In one of the most complicated chess games you will ever see, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave battled Alexander Morozevich in a complex Sicilian. Facing a ferocious attack, Vachier-Lagrave buries his rook on h7. Morozevich can capture the rook at any point, but he doesn't as the rook seems hopelessly entombed. it's only much later in the game that this zombie rook reemerges as a hero for Black.

Notes from MVL! http://www.mvlchess.com/en/2018/03/22/my-favourite-game/

Lessons:
* You must know your theory in the Sicilian.
* Sometimes it seems every move wins, but it's rarely the case. Calculate the clean finish!
* Many fortresses can be cracked with a clear plan.

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