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Baron von Kolisch was a fine attacking player, but here Hirschfeld makes him run a mating gauntlet that takes the black king to c4 and then to f4 for the final mate. It’s quite a show. We don’t normally look at something this long, but you have to try one of these sometime—and it’s checks all the way! Imagine figuring this out over the board!


Played in Paris, 1864: 1. Rd7+ Nxd7 2. Qg6+ Kh8 3. Qxh6+ Kg8 4. Qxg5+ Kh7 5. Qh5+ Kg7 6. Qxg4+ Kf6 7. Qg6+ Kxe5 8. Qg7+ Rf6 9. Qg3+ Kd5 10. c4+ Kxc4 11. Qb3+ Kd4 12. Rd1+ Ke5 13. Rd5+ Kf4 14. Qg3# Wow!

 


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