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The Peruvian master, Canal, was a fierce attacking player, even out of calm positions. Here he uses the drawish exchange line vs. the MacCutcheon variation in the French. In the diagram he unleashed a smashing kingside attack.
Canal-Master, Leipzig, 1916: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nb4 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12.Nh5 Be6 13. Nf4 h6 (See Diagram) 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Nxe6 Resigns. Mate can't be stopped without heavy material loss.
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