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Jules Arnous De Riviere vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Paris (1867)  ·  Spanish Game: Cozio Defense. General (C60)  ·  0-1
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Apr-07-05  mangojuice: By the way, 24. Rxa7 is bad because of 24. ... Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bd4+!, and after 26. Qxd4 Qxe2, while otherwise, 26. ... Bxa7. This shows that 23. Bxa7 actually gives away a piece, but white doesn't have much in the way of options.
Apr-26-12
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  estrick: <mangojuice: By the way, 24. Rxa7 is bad because of 24. ... Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bd4+!, and after 26. Qxd4 Qxe2, while otherwise, 26. ... Bxa7. This shows that 23. Bxa7 actually gives away a piece>

Looks like 26. Qxd4+ and Black cannot play Qxe2

However, if 24. Rxa7, the simple . . . Qe3+ seems to do the trick.


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