White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
This was the game-- Morphy,Paul - Morphy,Ernest [C52] New Orleans New Orleans, 1850 [ChessBase] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0–0 Bxc3? 8.Nxc3 dxc3 9.Ba3 d6 10.Qb3 Nh6 11.Qxc3 Qf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Rab1 0–0–0 15.Ba6! Na5 [15...bxa6 16.Qb3 Bg4 17.Qb7+ Kd7 18.Rbd1+ Ke8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Qxc7 Bxf3 21.Rxe5+ Ne6 22.Qc8+ Qd8 23.Rxe6+ and wins—Chess Base]16.Rec1 Bc6 17.Qxa5 bxa6 18.Qxa6+ Kd7 19.Rxc6 Qf5 (see diagram) 20.Rxc7+! Ke8 21.Qc6+ Qd7 22.Rb8 Qxc6 23.Re7+ Kf8 24.Rxd8+ Qe8 25.Rexe8#
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