Black to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
From Reinisch-Traxler, Prague, 1896 8…Nxe4 9.Nxd8 If 9.Kxe4 d5+ 10.Bxd5 Bf5+ 11.Kxe5 Qf6+ 12.Kf4 Bxc2+ 13.Kg4 Qh4# 9...Nc5+ 10.Kc3 Ne2+ 11.Qxe2 Bd4+ 12.Kb4 a5+ 13.Kxb5 Ba6+ 14.Kxa5 Bd3+ 15.Kb4 Na6+ 16.Ka4 Nb4+ 17.Kxb4 c5# You have to admit, that was dazzling! It becomes known as the Traxler Variation in Europe and the Wilkes-Barre variation in the USA for a club that developed it as well.
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