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Adolf Albin vs Mikhail Chigorin
11th DSB Congress, Cologne (1898), Cologne GER, rd 13, Aug-17
Italian Game: Bird's Attack (C53)  ·  0-1

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Dec-09-09  Dravus: Chigorin staves off equalizing and, with a rook sacrifice, finds a mating net.
Jun-03-19
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  fredthebear: 32.Kh5 Nf3 creates two mating squares for the Black queen that cannot be mutually defended. 32...Ngf7 is perhaps even better because it limits the White queen's futile sacrificial option. The Black queen will rule the day.
Sep-07-19
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  JointheArmy: Probably the hardest mate-in-two I've encountered on the site after 32. Kh5.
Dec-21-19  gambitfan: By transposition it can be considered an Evans Gambit Declined...

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