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Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on Jul 17, 2026

From a game against an amateur won by Capablanca. It’s a theme that has shown up several times in chess games. Not a lot, but worth knowing.

1...Rf1+ 2.Rxf1 Qh2+ 3.Kxh2 gxf1=N+ 4.Kg2 Nxd2 and now the game is an easy win-- 5.Kg3 Ne4+ 6.Kf4 Nc3 7.Kg5 Nxa4 8.Kh6 Nc5 9.Kxh7 a4

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