Nuremberg Trial: The Most Brutal Checkmate By Siegbert Tarrasch

September 19, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Siegbert Tarrasch vs Romberg
Nuremberg (1893), Nuremberg GER
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 O-O 7. f4 Qe8 8. O-O d3 9. Kh1 dc2 10. Nc3 d6 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nd5 Kh8 13. f6 Bg4 14. fg7 Kg7 15. Qh6 Kh6 16. Ne6 Kh5 17. Ndf4 Kh6 18. Ne2 Kg6 19. Rf6 Kf6 20. Bg5 Kg6 21. N2f4#
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