White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
This was the game-- Globus- Gross [C52] Riga, 1844 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0–0 d6 8.cxd4 h6? 9.Qb3 Qe7 10.Nc3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Ba3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qf6? 15.Rfe1+ Nge7 16.Nxc6! Qxc3 17.Rxe7+ Kf8 18.Rxf7+ Kg8 19.Ne7+ Kh7 20.Bb2! Be8 (see diagram) 21.Bd3+ Qxd3 22.Rxg7#
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