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Rudolf Spielmann was a grandmaster who loved to attack. His beloved Vienna Gambit was his favorite from the time he was a young man. In this game, against Flamberg,(in a tournament interrupted by WWI)he blithely gives away material to reach our diagrammed position. The game started out 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.d4 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qxd4 10.Be3 Qxe5 11.0–0–0 c6 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Rxd5 Qe6 14.Bc4 Qe4 (see diagram)


The game finished this way: 15.Bxc5 Qxf3 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Rxe7+ Kf8 18.Rd8#

 


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