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A post WWII amateur game. An instructive miniature. Armitage - Reese (C80)UK Army v Navy, 1946. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.Re1 (Better is 6.d4, but this is tricky)6...Nc5 7.Nc3 (Better is 7.Bxc6) 7...Nxa4 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nd5 0–0? (Now would be a good time to bring the knight back so it can go to e6 to block the e-file. 9....
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This is a win with one decisive move at the outset that is best.
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A startling brilliancy by Joseph Blackburne of England against Simon Lipschutz in the great New York tournament of 1889. Blackburne said that even world champ Steinitz’s reaction was priceless: “Steintiz bent his head over the board and would scarcely believe that a mating position had been created.
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