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When you look at this position, you know you’re going to get to the king by sacrificing something somewhere. From Neumann—Dufresne, Berlin, 1863.


1.Nxh7! Kxh7 2.Bxh6 g6 [2...gxh6 3.Qxh6+ Kg8 4.Qh8#]3.Qxg6+! fxg6 4.Bxf8#

 


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