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Alexander Alekhine exacted revenge for an earlier loss to Sammy Reshevsky. How did he do it at Kemeri in 1937?


Solution:

1..Rxb8+ Kxb8 2.Qxe5+ and whether Black takes the queen or not, it’s going to be mate.

 


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