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Your intuition will probably give you the first move, but can you work out the whole winning line? Rodl did against Samisch in 1931.


Solution:

The game went 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh3+ Kg8 3.Bxf6 Nxf6 4.Qh4 Qc5+ 5.Rf2 Nh5 6.Qxh5 f6 7.g5 Qxd5 8.Qh7+ Kf7 9.Rxf6+ and Black Resigned because of 9... Ke8 10.Qg6+! Kd7 11.Qxg7+ Kc6 12.Rxf8 Rxf8 13.Qxf8 Qxg5+ 14.Rg3 Qc1+ 15.Qf1 and the extra rook will help escort the h-pawn down to promotion.

 


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