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William Pollock vs Joseph Blackburne
6th American Chess Congress, New York (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 2, Mar-26
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)  ·  0-1

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Nov-28-09
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  offramp: Two Knights can meet in the strangest places...


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Later, in this position, white played 40.Ne7+


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as a novel method of exchanging knights.
After 40...Rxe7, he would have been wise to recapture straight away with 41.Qxa8+. Black played 41...Kg7.


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Now White noticed that he cannot play Qxa8, that would lose a rook by ...Qxb3. He played 42.Rg3, which threatens annihilation with Rxg4+.

So Black protected the pawn with 42...h5. (White could have played 42.Rb8!=). White took the wretched Knight on a8. How did it get there? We'll never know!

Black played 43...Rd1. Suddenly an unmistakeable design for checkmate appeared on the board: ...Rxf1+ followed by ...Qd1 mate.

White played 44.Qf3, using the pin on the g-pawn, but the simple move 44...Red7 settled his hash once and for all!

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