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Paul Saladin Leonhardt vs Johannes Esser
Scheveningen (1905)  ·  Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Variation (C67)  ·  1-0
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-10-02
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  Sneaky: 11. Ng6+!!

I'm trying to find an improvement to 12. ...Nxf5 but anything I can think of leads to Black's doom

e.g. 12. ...gxf5?? (or g5??) 13. Qh5#

12. ...Nf7? 13. Bxf7 Rxf7 14. fxg6 Rf8 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qh7#

12 ...Na5? 13. fxg6 and there's no escaping mate

Dec-05-02
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  refutor: 9.f4 was strong...i wonder if ...exf3 would have been stronger than ... f6 opening up the fatal diagonal to the king...very nice finish though :)
Aug-05-09  JimmyVermeer: Did chessgames misclassify this one? According to Chessmaster, L'Hermet Variation is 6 dxe5 and Showalter Variation is 6 Ba4.

Sneaky, 12...Nxf5 appears to be the best move. The second best would be Qe8. Anything else and Black loses quickly.

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