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A game won by Cook in Bristol, UK, in 1906. White was giving knight odds to a weak player, so take the queen knight off the board to start the game.1.f4 d5 2.e3 c5 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 0–0 [So far, so good for the patzer; however, it doesn't last long.] 7.Ng5 g6 [Much better was 7...h6 since the played move gives White a target which he heads for on his very next move.]8.h4 Nh5?? [A fatal blunder. He could have stopped White dead in his tracks with 8...h5]SEE DIAGRAM


9.Qxh5! Bxg5 [9...gxh5 10.Bxh7#] 10.Qxh7+ [Black may have expected 10.hxg5 gxh5 11.Rxh5 d4 12.0–0–0 f5 13.gxf6 Nd7 14.Rdh1 Nxf6] 10...Kxh7 11.hxg5+ Kg8 12.Rh8# Moves 9–12 are part of standard lessons by chess teachers in elementary schools now.

 


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