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Remember: Get Access! In this position over a hundred years ago, the great Tarrasch missed the opportunity to win here and ended up losing the game against Gunsberg.


There are many lines, but these will give you the idea: 1.Nxe6 fxe6 2.Qg6+ Ke7 3.Qh7 Kf7 [3...Qe8 4.Qxg8] 4.f5 Ne7 [4...exf5 5.Qxf5+ Nf6 6.Qh7 Be7 7.Nxg7 Rxg7 8.Bh5+ Kf8 9.Qh8+ Rg8 10.Bxh6#] 5.fxe6+ Ke8 6.Rxf8+ Kxf8 7.Bxh6 Qb6 8.Nxg7 Qxe6 9.Rf1+ Nf6 10.Bh5 Ng6 11.Rxf6+ Qxf6 12.exf6 Ra7 13.Qxg6 Bd7 14.Ne6#

 


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