A Stunning Arabian Mate By The First Undisputed World Chess Champion

Reiner vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Vienna (1860)
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Cochrane-Anderssen Variation (C44)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 g5 11. Qe6 Ne5
12. Qf5+ Kg7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Rg1 g4 15. f4 Nf3 16. Rxg4 Qh4
17. Rg2 Qxh2+ 18. Rxh2 Rg1#
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