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We’re continuing with a selection from the Neumann book published by McFarland (McFarlandBooks.com. In this position, Neumann finds himself a piece down (he had given odds) with a mate threatened on g2. He comes up with a great perpetual check to save the game.


1.Re8+ Nxe8 2.Qh7+ Kxh7 3.Nf8+ Kh8 4.Ng6+ Kh7 5.Nf8+ Amazing!

 


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