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Black to Play

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Threatened with mate, Black finds that desperate times call for desperate measures.


Won by a Mr. J. Finn over a hundred years ago: 1...Qxh3+ 2.Kxh3 [2.gxh3 Rf2+ 3.Kg1 Ne2#] 2...g4+ 3.Kxg4 Rg8+ 4.Kh4 Rh6#

 


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