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Chess Journalist of the Year, Pete Tamburro

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White to Play and Mate

By Pete Tamburro

This position is quite a challenge ... it's a "king hunt" of classic proportions by the extraordinarily talented late world champion, Alexander Alekhine. It does teach the very important lesson of getting the opponent's king out in the open to snare him in your mating net. This is another one for your chessboard, and don't hesitate to move the pieces around the first time through. We feel compelled to add, though, that Alekhine was playing 19 other games at the same time when he announced the whole mating line from this position!


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