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Every serious chess player not only knows this position and what to do, but can tell you the players involved and where and when it was played. If you can’t do this, then this is a bit of chess history you should know.


Reti-Bogoljubow, New York, 1924, and it won the brilliancy prize: 1.Bf7+ Kh8 2.Be8! Black Resigned as he loses a piece or gets mated on the back rank.

 


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