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What a game! Ginger GM vs our man Aldo

By Leon Watson · September 4, 2018

Ginger GM vs Aldo

Whoa! Check out this game.

Battersea member Aldo Camilleri takes on the Ginger GM himself Simon Williams in a streamed match, playing the Hennig Schara Gambit in the Queen’s Gambit Declined.

The Henning-Schara arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4!

Afterwards, Simon described it as “one of the most interesting 15 minute games I’ve ever had”.

No doubt, it’s a cracker: