Catalan: Sacrifice and Tactics!!

A great friend of mine Stephen Milford, had a lovely win the other day with his much-loved opening, the Catalan. I myself have spent over 2 or 3 years on and off playing this opening with him and I rarely got a look in with it as black - Here is a great example of sacrifice and tactics working together in harmony! As per usual the commentary is exquisite and the game is a real gem: Catalan officionados "Take Note!"

As usual, any comments welcome ...

Catalan Opening

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Here is Steve's game from this week ... A great mixture of strategy and tactics combining in his favourite opening as White - "The Catalan".  By his own admission he missed Bxd5 on move #23 but the position and pawn advantage indicates that the game was virtually won at this juncture ... Well done Steve for winning your first game of the season!  Here it is ...

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