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This game is one of my favorite teaching games. It is Saulson-Phillips, Chicago, 1907. Chernev and Harkness used it to teach chess notation in their book, An Invitation to Chess. I modernized it for my students. It’s great fun, especially the last move!


- Solution: The moves leading up to the diagram were:1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.h3 Bxf3 (See Diagram) 8.Bb5+ c6 9.dxc6 Bxd1 10.cxb7+ Ke7 11.Nd5+ Ke6 12.f5#

 


Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.

 

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