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Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on

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OK, this is a position that leads to checkmate; however it takes a while.It is a forcing line, though, so it’s doable. This is from a real game:Reeders-Nauta, Amsterdam, 1917: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bc5 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Nf3


Solution:

Black’s best, and mating, line was: 10…Bf2+ 11.Kxf2 Ne4+ 12.Ke3 Qh6+ [this works, but not nearly as well:12...Qf2+ 13.Kd3 Bf5 14.Nxe4 dxe4+ 15.Kc3 exf3 16.Bd3] 13.Kd3 Nf2+ 14.Kd4 Qb6+ 15.Kxd5 Be6#

 


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