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This one is a wonder of geometry with the queen and then a precise routine by the knight.


Taken from Lala Raja’s Chess Monitor, Delhi, 1902. 1.Qd2+ Kh1 2.Qd5+ Kh2 3.Qa2+ Kh1 4.Qa8+ Kh2 5.Qh8+ Qh3+ 6.Qxh3+ A less artistic way was 6.Nxh3 Kg3 7.Qe5+ Kxh3 8.Kf2 Kh4 9.Qf5 g3+ 10.Kf3 g2 11.Qg4 mate 6...gxh3 7.Kf2 Kh1 8.Ne4 Kh2 9.Nd2 Kh1 10.Nf1 h2 11.Ng3 mate

 


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