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When you were attacked by Koltanowski, it was hard to find the best defense as everything seemed to be coming at you at once. From Havana, 1946.


1.Nxf7 Kxf7 2.Bxe6+ Kg7 3.f5 [Much better was 3.d5+ Kh7 4.f5 Nxf5 5.Bxf5 gxf5 6.Qxh5#. How, he, especially, missed this is a puzzle in itself.]3...Nxf5 [Black could hold with 3...Nd5 4.Bc1 Nf4 5.Bxf4 Bxf4 6.f6+ Kh8 7.Bxg8 Kxg8 8.Re7 Qd5]4.d5+ (Back to normal!)Kh7 5.Bxf5 Bc5+ 6.Rxc5 bxc5 7.Qxh5#

 


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