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Here you are presented with a famous position type. It often appears in various forms in the Ruy Lopez. You just have to know this one.


Keller vs.Stehlik, Vienna, 1952 went like this 1.Nf5+! gxf5 2.Qg5+ Kh8 3.h6 Rxc1+ 4.Rxc1 Rg8 5.Rc8 and the pin enables the mate.

 


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