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A great oldie demonstrating a time honored sacrifice, but can you see it all the way to the end?


Potter-Mattthews, London, 1868: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nc6 6. c3 d3 7. Re1 Bg4 8. e5 Nxe5 (SEE DIAGRAM) 9. Nxe5 Bxd1 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. Bg5+ f6 (Black would be a piece down and lost after 11... Ke6 12. Nxd3+ Kf5 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14. Rxd1) 12. Ng6+ Kf7 13. Nxh8#

 


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