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Black has just finished playing 6…Nd4 and White figured he had won a piece by playing 7.Bxd5. However, GM Lothar Schmid had a surprise in store for Glenn Gibbs in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1968. What was the move?
Solution:
The game went like this: Gibbs-Schmid, Lugano, 1968: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Nd4 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nxd5 Nf3+ and mate next move (9.Kf1 Bh3#).
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